MOLINA, RAFAEL on sat 13 jul 02
TC:
Sorry to hear about your plight. I don't have experience crossing the =
border of the US and Canada, but I do have alot of experience crossing =
the border into Mexico.
I have not traveled to Mexico since 1987 when I attended my cousin =
Leticia's "boda" or wedding. My enduring memory of border crossings, =
other than the children trying to sell me Chiclets, was the obligatory =
bribe also known as "la mordida." We paid a bribe on the Mexican side =
of the bridge and another at a checkpoint which was outside of the city =
of Piedras Negras on our way to the village of Allende, Coahuila where =
many of my relatives live.
I'm not sure if the situation has changed. I'll have to ask my parents =
who just returned from a trip to Chiapas ( I got a t-shirt with an =
image of Subcomandante Marcos ;-D ).
I do recall whenever we returned to the US from Mexico the US Customs =
agents were generally nice folks and the passage through was quite =
painless. Of course, we had to pay some sort of duty on the goods =
brought from Mexico including the ubiquitous bottles of "Oso Negro" my =
Tio Manuelito, better known as Meme, always ordered.
Chao,
Rafael
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Rafael Molina, MFA
Assistant Professor of Art
Department of Music, Art, and Dance
Tarrant County College-Southeast Campus
2100 Southeast Parkway
Arlington, TX 76018-3144
(817) 515-3711
(817) 515-3189 fax
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