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Great that you took the NL1 . Every motorcycle tourist in Mexico should explore that route through Nuevo Léon .
Let me guess , but you wound up in Nuevo Laredo on purpose by staying on the NL 1 for 20km NE out of Anahuac and carried on directly across the state boundary where it became TAM 1.?
The NL 1 would have you making a 90 degree turn to NNW for the ride to Colombia . One could miss that turn off if one was not paying attention .
Either way you did excellently .
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Originally Posted by Sjoerd Bakker
Great that you took the NL1 . Every motorcycle tourist in Mexico should explore that route through Nuevo Léon .
Let me guess , but you wound up in Nuevo Laredo on purpose by staying on the NL 1 for 20km NE out of Anahuac and carried on directly across the state boundary where it became TAM 1.?
The NL 1 would have you making a 90 degree turn to NNW for the ride to Colombia . One could miss that turn off if one was not paying attention .
Either way you did excellently . 
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That sounds about right — the only hazards were the swarming butterflies along the path. Thanks for the guidance!
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We've been to the Airport in Puerto Vallarta yesterday. Our visa and tip will expire in mid September. The customs confirmed us, that they will cancel our old tip and give us a new one, if we get a new visa from the immigration. The new tip will be valid as long as our new visa will be. If I understood it right we won't get our deposit back, but at least we don't have to travel to a border.
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We've been to the Airport in Puerto Vallarta yesterday. Our visa and tip will expire in mid September. The customs confirmed us, that they will cancel our old tip and give us a new one, if we get a new visa from the immigration. The new tip will be valid as long as our new visa will be. If I understood it right we won't get our deposit back, but at least we don't have to travel to a border.
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That’s great! Yeah, the ride to the border was rough. Even rougher once we crossed it. We decided to swap our bikes for much smaller ones (turns out the KLR650 is about 450ccs of overkill for us) and redo our setup, however, so it all worked out. Glad it did for you too!
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