going to mexico
 

Ok guys,

Thanks for all the input with my previous topic, most of my trip is planned.
Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . i will be close to El Paso and thought it would be great to go into Mexico, even if i just drive through the border, stop in Mexico and buy a drink then turn around and drive out again.

I have a multi entry visa for the USA. Will that be ok for me? What does my cousin need? He is an American Citizen.

What are costs to cross the border?

Please let me know..................................

Thanks a ton >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

When you read and hear in the news about all the drug violence in Mexico, much of it happens in Ciudad Juarez, the city across the border from El Paso. If that's all the farther you can explore Mexico, my advice would be don't.

People walk across to Juarez from El Paso all the time, and most of them aren't shot. I would not recommend driving across. You can also take the Greyhound or a cross-border taxi. There are a few places to see in Juarez, but I went there only to catch a bus that took me deep into colonial Mexico.

If you are staying within the border zone (which I think extends 30 km) for a short stay, there's no charge to cross the border.

All i want to do is drive into Mexico and drive out again, get a stamp in my passport, thats basicly all i want to do, i do not intend spending alot of time in Mexico.

visitelpaso.com

check with them regarding safety for Juarez

lots of cute cheap little tours walk taxi tour safest.

If you see how El Paso and Juarez are set up, you'll see that walking in is a lot easier than driving.

Also, you may not get a stamp in your passport for such a trip -- most people don't.

I should set up my own unOfficial Passport Stamp kiosk near the border in Juarez, it ahould compliment chicklet sales nicely

Let me elaborate a bit more on the driving/walking issue. I'm talking about the border crossing from downtown El Paso. Maybe it's different at some other El Paso crossing, but I don't know.

Note that getting back into the US with a car, from Mexico, can easily take several hours. So that's one good reason to just walk across.

I often fly into Puerto Vallarta Mexico for vacations (~20x). They never stamp my passport in recent years.

If a passport stamp is what this is all about, you might want to make sure they do it, before going to all the trouble.

They especially don't stamp your passport when you cross the border on foot. There's no provision at all to do this, unless you go inside the customs/immigrationbuilding, which you would only do because either you had goods you needed to declare, or because you were planning to go beyond the 30km border zone.