My goodness. I love this! I was a Contiki tour manager in the USA in 1999 & 2000 and I led this tour! I met my husband while I was a guide. He was an Aussie on one of my longer trips. (So cliche!) But I have a fondness for Contiki since it was such a fun and life changing chapter in my own life.
Not sure how they did things in 1996, but in 1999 we hopped on this little bus to go into Mexico and walked over the border to come back. Americans got through both ways with almost zero screening. Other international folks were scrutinized more coming back into the US… but not by much.
Thanks for sharing your travel memory! 🇲🇽
Cool as! The good old days, I have heard there were quite a few Contiki romances. I meet my now partner at parkrun, it is great getting out and about, you never know what might happen. You have got me thinking about the boarder crossing again, we may have walked, I just can't recall exactly. I have my old passports I might have to have a look and see if there is a stamp.
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