I spent the last 5 days in Dajabon at the Codei Villas. I will do a separate thread on that, but we had a great time.
However, coming back was anything but fun. As some of you might know, I'm an illegal alien, about 4.5 years now. Well it caught up with me today. I was not allowed to board the Caribe Tours bus as now busses exiting Dajabon have migracion agents checking everyone boarding. The lady checked me and noticed a lack of a recent stamp. Gran problema. No bribe accepted either.
So I get put on the back of a migracion moto and taken to HQ. The man in the booth thought I was coming in from Haiti. Then the next guy thought I was trying to leave the DR to go to Haiti and cautioned me against it. The moto guy told them no but they didn't understand. Finally they got a boss. He was confused and said I should go back to Santo Domingo.
By this time of course the bus was long gone so we went to the association bus station. We went thru the same shit again with a different migracion agent. However she accepted 1000 pesos but by that time that bus was gone, so I went on a local "express" guagua that stops every 11.8 meters. It took a while but I actually got door to door service from this guagua guy to Caribe Tours in Santiago. He was very nice, but another 1000 pesos. Also, 1000 pesos to the moto migracion guy.
So I got up at 530 this morning in Dajabon and made it back to Boca Chica at 545 pm. Long day. I also did not get my 650 pesos back from Caribe Tours in Dajabon.
So before there is a next time, i have to get legal and stay legal. Lesson learned.
However, coming back was anything but fun. As some of you might know, I'm an illegal alien, about 4.5 years now. Well it caught up with me today. I was not allowed to board the Caribe Tours bus as now busses exiting Dajabon have migracion agents checking everyone boarding. The lady checked me and noticed a lack of a recent stamp. Gran problema. No bribe accepted either.
So I get put on the back of a migracion moto and taken to HQ. The man in the booth thought I was coming in from Haiti. Then the next guy thought I was trying to leave the DR to go to Haiti and cautioned me against it. The moto guy told them no but they didn't understand. Finally they got a boss. He was confused and said I should go back to Santo Domingo.
By this time of course the bus was long gone so we went to the association bus station. We went thru the same shit again with a different migracion agent. However she accepted 1000 pesos but by that time that bus was gone, so I went on a local "express" guagua that stops every 11.8 meters. It took a while but I actually got door to door service from this guagua guy to Caribe Tours in Santiago. He was very nice, but another 1000 pesos. Also, 1000 pesos to the moto migracion guy.
So I got up at 530 this morning in Dajabon and made it back to Boca Chica at 545 pm. Long day. I also did not get my 650 pesos back from Caribe Tours in Dajabon.
So before there is a next time, i have to get legal and stay legal. Lesson learned.
