Re: Minor piece of advise. Not quite, Vic - that restriction only applies to the 'Restricted Zone' of 50Km (IIRC) from a frontier or coast.
Alternatively, you can now buy top-ups for as little as MN$30 at Oxxo (and the main supermarkets) here in Tampico using a direct-pay electronic...
Curiously enough, we frequently get American visitors to our store buying aluminum pots & steamers of the larger sizes (5 gallon plus) as they say...
Hilarious! Displays two simple messages. 1. Why does the US pander to immigrants (legal or otherwise) by not forcing them to assimilate. 2....
Aw, sheesh, Steve! You know what the papers are like here - a picture of 10 decapitated heads ain't nuttin'! Over the last few years, our two...
Steve Sorry for your troubles with appliances - I have lost count of the number of coffeemakers I have lost to high voltage. The CFE is...
Nope. Never. Nunca. Jamas. Nor will they ever understand that we customers do not have ESP and need to be told when there is something to be...
Hi Rivergirl - without being persnickety, the scanning of passports is definitely not a feature at the Reynosa/Pharr International Bridge...
In my understanding (folks - correct me if you know differently) It goes like this: 1. FMT - standard tourist visa. Costs MN$230 at the border...
Well, it ain't just Mexico! Ya' think IMSS & ISSSTE are bad? Try the Kafkaesque nonsense of socialized medicine in the UK! In Merrie Olde...
Re: passed test Hey, Mike - when did she take the test? I am waiting for my Carta and have been told 2-3 months from test at end of May.
Well done TJ! If you've done nothing wrong, then a swift 'Porque me interrogas, guey?' followed by a 'Entonces, da me la pinche multa y vamos a...
Troll or no? Duck Test time, methinks.
Ahem! You will probably still receive a dreaded letter, headed 'SE PONE MULTA' and have 10x minimum wage PER DAY levied as a fine. I was 2 days...
I just failed this exam the other week - after being assured with great sincerity that there was no such exam to be taken as part of the...
Being an infrequent lurker here I have, as ever, come to the discussion as it seems 'all over bar the shouting'. Pero, voy a poner mis dos...
RiverGirl makes a valid point but appears to forget that Kafkaesque bureaucracies exist primarily to provide employment for those within them,...
