Cuauhtemoc is maybe 3 miles before the Guatemala border and is where you will cancel your tourist visa and bike permit. There are two buildings, Aduana and Migracion right next to each other on the left side of the highway as you are going to GT. First, go to migracion and cancel the tourist visa. You need to have the paper slip showing you paid for the visa, or you will pay for it again. Then go next door to Aduana to cancel the bike permit. They might come outside and take a picture of the VIN on the bike, then you will get your deposit back, as a credit to your card, or cash if you paid cash. They will take your sticker, and you will get a fancy looking receipt showing you exported the bike.

Ride the 3 miles to the GT border, it will be obvious, with a railroad type gate across the road. Immediately before the gate is Migracion and Aduana on the right. Go to migracion and get your tourist visa, I think it is 40 Quetzales (~6USD). Last time I was there, they asked to see my Mexico exit stamp in my passport. I had it, so I don't know what would happen if I didn't. Go next door to Aduana to get your bike permit. Another VIN inspection. Pay, I think, 160Q, show the guard at the gate your permit, and he will let you through. You may or may not have to pay someone 10Q or something to "fumigate" your bike, which means a guy takes a garden sprayer and squirts something on your tires.

I am not aware of any ATMs in La Mesilla, so you may want to change some pesos or dollars with money changers hanging around the border, and you will need Quetzales for the border formalities anyway.

If you are coming back through Mexico before your bike permit expires, I always ask at Mexican Aduana if I can keep my permit open for the return trip, and they have always said yes. I am a little fuzzy as to whether this is really legal , as the TVIP is supposed to be tied to your tourist visa, and coming back you get a different visa, but I have not had a problem when exiting to the states. The chance you are taking here is if the bike gets wrecked or stolen, and you don't come back to Mexico with it, you lose your deposit.

Clear as mud? It's really pretty easy, just remember always go to migracion first and then aduana for the country you are exiting, and migracion first and then aduana for the country you are entering, and you will be good for all of Latin America.

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Andy Tiegs
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