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Day 1: Bienvenidos a Mexico
February 8, 2006
The mileage on the Nissan at the time of departure from home: 75,940 miles
Hard to believe but it looks like we are finally ready to hit the road!
At around 2PM, the Mexican car insurance and a bunch of other time-consuming
little things being taken care of, the Nissan gets its last American gas
in San Diego, and about 10 minutes later, we cross the Mexican border. Leaving
our I-94's was quite an experience (I-94 is your departure record which
they staple into your passport when you enter the States, and it's a must
to leave it at the Customs when leaving the country). Since the border from
the US side is almost non-existent, nobody understands why we refuse to
proceed but insist on leaving some strange little inserts from our passports.
One nice Mexican officer even plays the Lithuanian National Anthem for us
on his computer. We offer to sing along :) Finally they send us back to
the US Customs. So we park our Nissan in Mexico and walk back to the States,
and again try to give our I-94's to the very first US Customs officer we
meet. He agrees to collect the forms from us and quite a funny conversation
follows:
"When are you coming back to the US?"
"Never"
"Never??!!" - followed by a suspicious glance - "Was it that
bad??!"
No, dear officer, it was not bad at all. It was actually unbelievably good
and lots of fun. But the world is so big, and we have so little time :)
At 7:30PM it gets completely dark and we make our first stop in a little town of San Quintin. The goal of the day was El Rosario, but the luxurious motel "Maria Celeste" compensates for the remaining 30 miles. They even have Internet! what means that tomorrow morning we will be able to upload the news for you guys.
Keep reading to find out while it wasn't meant to happen…
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A church is a church
Baznycia ir Meksikos dykumoj - baznycia |
Built to last
Svarbu, kad ratai dar sukasi |
One McHuevo and a Modelo shake for me please
Turisto vakariene meksikietiskai |
Nuvesk pelyte virs paveiksliuko, spustelk jos kaire ausele, ir paveiksliukas padides
1-oji diena: Bienvenidos a Mexico
2006m. vasario 8
Nissano kilometrazas isvaziuojant is namu: 75,940 myliu/121,504km
Keistas jausmas zinoti, kad nebegrisim. Atsisveikindami su Krista (kuri
9 val ryto isejo is darbo "pietaut" ir atleke su mumis praleisti
paskutiniuju amerikoniskuju akimirku) ir (dabar jau Kristos) kambarioku
Dzimu stengiames nezliumbt. Beveik nei vienam nepasiseka. Vis tik smagiai
mes cia visi gyvenom…Chebra, tikiuosi jus dabar Gypsy Den'e apie ta
pati dumojat :)
Beveik lygiai 2 val po pietu (smarkiai veluodami - tvarkemes masinos draudima
Meksikai ir ieskojom elektrinio virduliuko kavai (neradom, uztat tapo labai
aisku, kad senos tarybines spirales vandeniui uzkaitinti yra neikainojamas
ir sunkiai randamas turtas )) isipilam paskutine amerikonisku degalu doze
pieciausioje San Diego degalineje ir uz nepilnu 10 minuciu bandom kirsti
Meksikos siena PASTEBETI (smarkiai norim kam nors palikti savo I-94), kas
nera labai lengva! Muitine pietu kryptimi beveik neegzistuoja (nelabai egzistuoja
ir priesinga kryptimi, taciau ten bent jau sustabdo ir papraso kokio dokumento.)
Imigracijos dokumentus susitvarkom greitai ir neskausmingai, netgi gaunam
pasiklausyti Lietuvos himno, aciu linksmajam Meksikos pasienieciui. Pasisiulom
himna pagiedot. Linksmasis pasienietis sako "aciu, nereikia".
Mums juokinga. Dar juokingiau, kada turim pestute gristi I JAV, kam nors
atiduoti tas savo I-94 formas (tai toks iklijuojamas lapukas pase, kuri
gauni ivaziuodamas I JAV, ir butinai palieki isvykdamas, kaip irodyma, kad
taves JAV nebera. Paprastai I-94 is taves pareikalaujama, taciau Meksikos
pasieny viskas kitaip. Einam per tilteli atgal I JAV) Paciam pirmam sutiktam
JAV pasienieciui brukam tas savo I-94, jis klausia - "Kada grisit I
Jungtines Valstijas?" Mes sakom - "Niekada". Pasienietis
idomiai isvercia akis, suraukia veida ir klausia taip, lyg jam staiga butu
stipriai suskaude pilva: "Niekada??!! Ar jums cia buvo taip blogai??!!"
Ne, gerbiamas pasienieti, blogai tikrai nebuvo. Buvo netgi labai gerai,
bet… pasaulis per didelis, o laiko per mazai.
7:30 vakaro. Jau gera valanda, kaip visiskai tamsu (nors temperatura, ko
gero, dar vis kokie +30, bet vis tik ziema - temti pradeda anskti, apie
5:30), todel nusprendziam, kad siai dienai pakaks. Apsistojame puikiausiame
motelyje San Quintin miestelyje. Dienos tikslas buvo El Rosario, bet motelio
puikumas kompensuoja neiveiktus 58 km, o galimybe gauti interneta pakyleja
ant sparnu - proga pirmajam reportazui (gal butent siai dienai taupytas
gero kalifornietisko vyno butelis irgi kazkiek prie bendros nuotaikos prisidejo
:)
Motelis, beje, vadinosi Maria Celeste, US$33. Gal kas nors kada ieskosit,
kur apsistoti nakciai San Quintin'e…
Gyvenimas, staiga, ir vel labai grazus. Svarbiausia - idomus: cia dar nesam
buve!! Kita syki tiek tik ir tereikia - mazycio pasikeitimo. Didieji dar
pries akis. Labanakt.
