Border Crossings with Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited
Adventure Rider Radio – Motorcycle Podcast
Adventure Rider Radio | Adventure Motorcycling
4.9 • 960 Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2014
⏱️ 70 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | While Trevor frantically packed and repacked his gear, I reviewed the border checklist to my head. |
| 0:05.2 | I had the prerequisite paperwork and copies of every document. |
| 0:08.7 | I had memorized a few Spanish phrases, please don't shoot me and we're not traveling together. I felt prepared for the worst. |
| 0:16.8 | After half an hour of navigation along Labanrith super highways that streaked through the sky. |
| 0:22.5 | We killed our engines and coasted up to the border. |
| 0:25.2 | I removed my helmet, careful not to make any sudden movements. |
| 0:28.8 | The guard looked genuinely annoyed as emotion for me to keep moving. |
| 0:33.0 | And just like that, we found ourselves in the chaos of Juarez, |
| 0:36.8 | breathing Mexican exhaust, covered in Mexican dust, |
| 0:39.9 | and dodging Mexican traffic. And that was an excerpt from Jeremy Cracker's |
| 0:44.7 | Motorcycle Therapy, a Canadian adventure in Central America. Well I'm sure some of |
| 0:49.8 | you know border crossings don't always go that easy. |
| 0:52.8 | And on this episode, we're going to talk with Grant Johnson from Horizons Unlimited |
| 0:56.3 | about just that. |
| 0:57.3 | We're talking about border crossings. |
| 0:58.9 | We're talking about paperwork, Carnes, and all the different things that are associated with border crossings. |
| 1:04.0 | So if you're not familiar with border crossings, there's a lot to learn here. |
| 1:07.0 | And it's not as scary once you hear it from Grant's perspective. |
| 1:10.0 | And for those who have done it many times, I'm sure there's lots to learn from this as well, as Grant brings a lot of information to the table. |
| 1:17.0 | You're listening to Adventure Rider Radio, I'm Jim Martin. Stay with us. This is Harold Wolf Seepol from Giant Loop talking're listening to Adventure Rider Radio. |
| 2:10.0 | Well, I've got something rather fantastic coming up this next weekend for me anyway. I'm going to the Horizons Unlimited meeting in Ontario. |
| 2:13.0 | I'm really stoked about this. |
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