Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 MG>>>> I got my passport 2 years ago. They've been saying that you are
 EH>>> going to
 MG>>>> have to have a passport very soon now for at least 8
years. Once I
 EH>>> move
 MG>>>> to my friends house and get a little freed up cash I'm going to
 EH> get a
 MG>>>> Sentri card. For $122.00 a year you don't have to wait in the
 EH> Customs
 MG>>>> lines, there's a special line for Sentri members. Being
a somewhat
 MG>>>> assertive person I generally get passed most Mexicans
because when
 EH>>> I say
 MG>>>> Con permiso they notice my chair and let me by. I know
it isn't the
 MG>>>> experience of most who post here, but my experience with Mexican
 MG>>>> nationals is very positive. When they see someone in a chair they
 EH>>> can't
 MG>>>> jump to offer help faster if they tried. I don't go
into TJ farther
 EH>>> than
 MG>>>> I have to because the gang violence is getting real bad there. I
 EH>>> shop at
 MG>>>> the UETA (at one time I actually could remember what that's an
 MG>> acronym
 MG>>>> for) Duty Free shop. They have unbelievably good prices on nearly
 MG>>>> everything. I bought my CD player there for $10.00. At
any rate if
 MG>> you
 MG>>>> purchase anything at UETA you have to take it into
Mexico and then
 MG>> you
 MG>>>> can come right back home. There are two of those one way metal
 EH>>> spinning
 MG>>>> things you have to go through. At the second one the Cab Drivers
 MG>>>> standing around there always help me get the spin to
start and they
 MG>>>> never get upset that I don't hire one of them to get a ride to
 MG>> Avenida
 MG>>>> de la Revolution (the main tourist street). They understand that
 EH> most
 MG>>>> San Diegans are very aware of the gang violence.

 EH>>> I've seen several commercials on TV that say it will be soon (I can't
 EH>>> remember when they say) that to cross the border *back* into the
 EH> US you
 EH>>> will need the card to make it easier.

 MG>> Yes, you don't need any paperwork to go to Mexico, you need it to come
 MG>> home. The crossing that I use, the San Ysidro border is the busiest
 MG>> border crossing in the world. It's like O Hare airport except for cars
 MG>> and pedestrians. Tijuana has an International airport, but why would I
 MG>> bother using that?

 EH> It's the same way with the Canadian border. Going from here to there is
 EH> a breeze, but coming back you better have a passport or the little ID
 EH> card or it will take you some time to prove you are a US citizen.

That's good to know. Canada's border used to be pretty porous.

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