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Florida to Nicaragua Road Trip #5: Ajijic to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico

January 2nd, 2019susanafield5 Comments

Dear Reader, We bid our friends goodbye after quietly seeing the New Year in with them the night before and got back on the road. Our main focus is to get to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, as quickly and safely as possible, with our sea kayaks and gear intact. The guests currently staying in our home though are there until January 7th, so it doesn’t do us any good to arrive before then. But any time after that is fair game. What I have not yet mentioned here is that we not only are road tripping from Florida to …

Florida to Nicaragua Road Trip #3: Laredo, Texas to Ajijic, Mexico

January 1st, 2019susanafield0 Comments

Dear Reader, Our La Quinta hotel was right next to a Shell gas station that also had a money changer and a Mexican auto insurance vendor, all of which were open 24 hours, so our day began at the Shell station. From there, we crossed the Rio Grande river at the International Bridge 2. There was little traffic leaving the US so we moved straight through with just a cursory glance by a custom’s agent at our kayaks and through the windows into the back of our truck. So that part was easy. The bitch was trying to get to …