Mexico

A recent trip to Mexico for Dia De Los Muertos quickly became mind-boggling. All our plans, good intentions, and planning went out the window very quickly. We arrive in Mexico City, go through immigration where they now ask you how long you are planning on staying. My wife stated three weeks and they gave her a month. I followed her and expected the immigration woman on duty understood we were together. Bad assumption. They now stamp in your passport the date you must be out of the country. She didn't ask me how long I would be in Mexico which reinforced my belief that she knew we were together, same last name and so forth. She stamped my passport and I we were on my way.

Later when we were on our next flight taking us to Oaxaca City. I looked at my passport and the stamp, then looked at my wife's. She could stay until November 13 and i could only stay in Mexico until October 29. What? That meant I would need to leave nearly two weeks before her or stay and be an illegal in Mexico.That did not sound inviting to me, after all, how are we treating illegals in this country. I did not want to end up in a Mexico jail.

To make a long story short, we agreed we should leave together on my last legitimate day in Mexico, which we did.

I don't know whats going on with Mexico. Seems that they may be making things more difficult for Americans coming to their country but I can't say that for sure. All I can say now is that was a mind-boggling,unexpected development. We love Mexico and will return but with more attention to our passports.

Stan the Man