 Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. Okay, I think I'm losing it. There's only so much stress we can take, eh? That's the border wall right there, look at that. Wow. That's the border wall. Wow. I think we better turn off our cameras. Okay. What have we got? What have we got for breakfast? Yes. Fried beans. Fried beans. Scramble egg, rice, zucchini, and then here a really nice meaty potato dish. Salad and then noodle salad. Wow, that is not a bad breakfast spread. Wow, do you know how happy I am? Ta-da, it's amazing. Okay, ready? Okay. Woo-hoo. Woo-hoo. Wow. Gracias. Okay, are you ready to fail to enter the US? Sweetheart. No, are you ready to successfully enter the US? Exactly. On a scale of one is to totally relaxed and 10 is like completely anxious. I think I'm on a 20. You know, I'm nervous crossing borders like when we've got everything, like everything we actually need, and now we're going to the border without a key piece of document that we do need. So it's even worse. Good morning world. Welcome back to the channel. It's day number 389 on our circumnavigation around the globe by motorcycle. We're here in the town of Ensenada in Mexico and we are on our final ride in Mexico because we are heading to the US border. Let me guys show you the route for today. So we are here in Ensenada and today we are going to be heading straight up on the three to Ticate and the US border. So we made three crazy big rides to get here from the bottom of the Baja California Peninsula. So the last three days have been pretty intense, riding a lot, some amazing landscapes, a billion cactuses. It's been absolutely incredible riding here, but now we have only an hour and a half to go and that'll be it for Mexico because we will be at the border. So there's like three borders that you can cross into the USA. There's Tijuana, which is the busiest border crossing apparently in the world. So we thought better avoid that one. Then there's one called Mexicali which is a little bit out the way for us to be honest because our aim is to get to San Diego today. So we decided to go for the third option which is kind of in the middle which is called Ticate and that's a bit of a quieter border but it's still close enough to San Diego kind of within an hour's ride. So hopefully we'll have a little bit of a better chance of getting through without waiting hours and hours and hours. But we're incredibly nervous because there is one key document that we need that we don't have to get into the US and that is an exemption letter from the Environmental Protection Agency for Bumblebee. It's basically saying that Bumblebee qualifies to get into the USA for emission standards and everything like this but you have to apparently apply for this letter three weeks in advance and we literally found out about this requirement to get in about a week ago. So I sent off the request for the letter and they got back to me and said your request is going to be processed in 14 to 21 business days. I emailed them back and I said oh please, you know, we're going to go across the border next week, can you please help us out? And the reply was all exemptions are processed in 14 to 21 business days. Pretty much. No, not going to help you guys out. Just going to do my standard thing. We were hoping for some reason that they kind of saw that and were going to give us this letter but it's been a week and no letter has arrived. I just checked my emails this morning. Yeah. So that means we are forced to try and cross the border without this letter. Now we did a research online. We even emailed itchy boots and she responded to us, which is awesome. Thanks, Noraly. And she told us that she got through and nobody asked for it. And everybody online, horizons are limited on the forums. They're all saying the same thing that actually nobody asked them for this letter. Like no, they just literally checked the passport and waved them through. Yeah, exactly. So there is a really, really high chance of us actually getting through but there's a really high chance as well of us not getting through. So how can there be a high chance of both? Yeah, exactly. It's like so 50, 50 at the moment. It's like breaking my heart, you know? Yeah, yeah. It's just like as soon as that border guard basically says, oh, have you got this letter? Then that's it. You know, we're going to have to tell them that we've applied for it. We don't have it yet. And then they're basically going to say, well, you can't go and then we'll deal with it from there. Let's hope that doesn't happen. We'll find out in an hour and a half. But first we have to head to a place called Ban Recito, which is into Cate. And that is where we need to cancel our temporary import permit for Mexico because we paid a $400 bond to get Bumblebee into Mexico. And so we need to go back to this office and basically tell them, hello guys, we're leaving and they will give us our $400 back. So the first stop is to head there and get that process done. And the second step is to head to the border. Not bad, Mexico. Yeah, there's times of our journey where it's like really suffering riding, you know, really like it's hardcore riding. This is just one of those easy rides. This is just easy. This is just beautiful. This is just like cruising along, not too hot, not too cold, sun shining, yeah. There seems to be something ahead. Yeah. Some smoke and some lights. Let's find out what's going on. Yeah, maybe there's something actually burning which shouldn't burn. It's going on here. I have to wait. It's quite smoky, hey? Yeah, something's on fire over there. I don't know what it is, if it's a vehicle or if it's just the verge. Yeah, we saw in Mexico actually quite a lot burn fields and like burning. Oh, okay, no, it might not be to do with the burning. I think it's to do with this truck. Oh, yeah, no one can see it. This truck, which seems to have completely gone off the road. Yeah, actually, I don't think they care about the burning. Guys, there's a huge fire next to you. They're like, oh, don't worry about that, that's all right. It's just next to an electrical power station, but don't worry about that. Oh my God. Wow. All right, we are coming into Tecate and it's a little bit manic here to be honest, but Yeah, wow, yeah. Quite busy. But we are very close to the border now. Literally the border wall, I just saw it up ahead. It's probably less than a kilometer up ahead and we just gotta find our way to the Banjecito. Yeah, and I try to just breathe and be relaxed as much as I can. Yeah. Everything will be fine, everything will be okay. In less than an hour, we will be in the US of A, don't you worry. Oh, it's like closed here. Normally we were supposed to go just straight. It says I can go left and then right. Okay, let's get our money back. 400 US dollar. Yeah, absolutely. So yeah, I can actually see the border on the map here. Two blocks ahead. Actually, the Banjecito is on the last block before the border. It looks like the Banjecito is actually just here, just in front. Here, this office. Institutes. Evaluation. Okay. It's like just here where we are now. Somewhere right here, but I don't exactly know where. Okay. Insurance, security. Maybe ask these guys there. These guys there, the border guys. Okay, I'll ask them. Hola. Hola, um, Banjecito. Ah, here it is, let me in. Ah, Banjecito here. Okay, enter here or not? Yeah, okay, okay. All right, I'm gonna go walk in, try and get our 400 dollars back. Wish me luck. Everything is done on the Mexican side. I got our deposit back. It should be coming back in the account in the next couple of days, apparently. I got the receipt for it anyway. So temporary import permit has been canceled. Our passports have been stamped. Lavi didn't even have to go in. The guy just did it all for me. And now they said, basically we go down the street to the left and then that's entering the US. And I already saw some signs. I saw a sign through there that said stop. Not alto, not pare, but stop. An English sign right over there. We are so close. So let's go, let's go back around there. Let's make our way in then, shall we? Wow, yeah, really close now. Yeah. Just want this car to go past. Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe. Okay, I think I'm losing it. There's only so much stress we can take, eh? Yeah. So basically down here. Okay. And then to the left. Down, down, down, down, down to the left. Is it this left? Let's have a quick look here. Can we go? I'll just ask. Right there or again? Okay. Oh, apparently that's, we can go through here. Okay. Wow, we didn't have to go round. Wow. That's crazy. They just like, just through there's fine. Skipping straight to the front. Okay. And that's the border wall right there. Look at that. Wow. That's the border wall. Wow. I think we better turn off our cameras. Okay. Okay, what's going on here? Look, it says stop. Oh my Lord. No. I think this is it. No. No. I think this is it. Look at this. No, no, no, no. All right, you're gonna stop here just out of courtesy. Yeah. I think that's it. No way. We have a opportunity. Enter the United States of America. You're absolutely joking, hey? No, no, that's it. We're in. No, wait. Hello. I know, that's it. I think we're in. Look. No. Everything's in English. No. Look, drive-through, monthly parking only. I just want to read all this stuff. I saw like bloody stressed the whole time. What are they talking about when they say, oh, you need this paper? You know? They didn't ask us anything. Wow, that was like the most easiest border crossing in the whole world. That was actually really cool. I'm just gonna stop here for a second and then we can just talk about it a little bit. Yeah. Yeah, so basically we got to the little booth, you gave them the passport and then we said to the guy, oh, he said, where are you headed? And we said we're headed up to Las Vegas to get married. And he said, oh, seeing as you're heading to Vegas, you know, and you're not just going straight up to Canada, then you're gonna need to do like an additional thing. And we were like, oh my God, why did we say that? So then he sent us to another place and we had to park up. So we didn't get waved through completely like Noraly did on her video, like itchy boots did. We had to stop. Then we went into a little office and there we had to do like fingerprints and he asked us where we were going and we had to like give the address of where we were headed and things like this. We had to pay as well 12 US dollar. Yeah, 12 dollars, but just one time, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Six dollars each. But it was nothing to do with the bike. The whole time I thought it was because of the bike. But no, it was not. It was like an additional check on us, but that was it. Like after that, he was just like, yep, there you go, you're done. Good to go. No questions about the bike. Nothing about, oh, is the bike permit or EPA environmental protection agency? Literally nothing. Nothing. So like the whole, like, I mean, your mom was calling the guys. They said, yes, you need it. Our friend Doug was calling the guys. Yes, we need it. Email, they said you need to wait for this EPA letter. Wow, sweetheart, we made it. Yes. It went well. We're here. We're inside the US. I really can't believe it. That's amazing. Oh my God. So now we're just gonna check where we gotta go and then we'll make our ride into San Diego. Yes. 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I can actually read that and take information from that. Not that it's relevant to me, but I can at least know what it says. It's absolutely insane. It's such a weird feeling that every single sign is now actually relevant to me. I can actually read them. It's insane. It's like one little wall, one little border and suddenly everything's in English. I can't believe it. Yes, it was even like a sign here 30 miles an hour. It's like, oh yeah, okay. Yeah, that's actually what Bumblebee's speed gauge is in miles an hour. Yes. So for the first time, I can just look at the speed and not have to go, oh yeah, is that all right or not all right? No, I can actually just go, is it 30? Is it over 30? Yes or no? Oh, what an easy time we're gonna have here. What an easy time. Oh wow, incredible man. Incredible. Wow, I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. How easy it was. We have an hour to get to San Diego and we decided we're gonna stop at the first fast food restaurant we find and just go and have a bit of a chill out there. Yeah. And just enjoy being in country number 21 on our journey around the world. This girl has a Tesla. That's the San Diego way. It's the California way, should I say. Do you think she has to drive or not? Ooh, that's a good, good. Shall I see? Shall I see if she drives? Why is she driving? No, she's not driving. Was she driving? You sure? Not quite sure. No, I think it's driving itself. Look, she's just drinking. She's not driving. She's driving. Not sure if she's driving. I don't know. Oh, there's another Tesla. Oh, there's a Tesla there. Uh-huh. Whoa, was he driving? I just want to see somebody clearly who's not driving the Tesla. I just want to sit in one of these cars. Yeah, here we go. We've made it. Our first stop in the USA, In-N-Out Burger. Yes! Yes! We're in the home of the burger, the land of the burgers. So we thought for our first lunch here in the US, we had to get a burger. Hopefully they've got a veggie burger. Yummy! That looks nice here. Hey, do you guys do veggie burgers? Do you do veggie burgers? Yeah, you do veggie burger? We do. Oh, awesome. Veggie burger meal with fries and a drink. Would you like onions on your veggie burger please? Oh, yes, please. Grilled onions. Grilled onions? Yeah, why not? Thank you. Go all in. Go on, yes. Wow. I think we chose the right burger place because it looks really big in here. So I think people really enjoy the burger here. Perfect. Oh, with a lemon. Yes, number 83, please. 83? Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. Look at this. It's broken. Is it just the bottom? No way. No way. It's on the side. So apparently the veggie burger doesn't have anything in there. It's just a tomato. It's a cheese. That's super weird. Okay, so our first burger in America was an invisible burger with no burger. Yes. Wow, I didn't expect that really. Yeah. Well, you know what? It was still a really tasty meal. But yeah, maybe we have to try again in a different place if we want to get our first real American burger. Because it was tasty, but it was a little bit disappointing as well. So I'm not impressed. Not convinced yet, hey? I'm not impressed. Burger place in and out burger. Nope. In and out burger is now on our blacklist. Yes, but I did like the design, like the interior and the furniture and the lady on the counter was really friendly. Yeah, it was like really American diner style on the inside all their like costumes, outfits that they were all wearing. Yes. I loved it. So cool. So now we are heading only a couple of miles away five miles now because we are heading to a friend of ours house called Doug. Doug has been a supporter of our journey since like a long time. We've been chatting to him a lot online. We've been sending a lot of stuff to his house. Yes. Our Christmas presents waiting at his house. Yeah. So this is going to be a real pit stop for us. We've got some supplies waiting at his place. And also he's helped us to arrange a few bits and bobs for Bumblebee here in San Diego including getting our suspension sorted out because we are bouncing around like crazy. Yeah. So we're going to head to his place now and then we're going to see whether we can actually drop off Bumblebee at the garage to get some stuff done already today or if we have to wait until tomorrow to do that. Actually we didn't let Doug know that we are coming right now because we don't actually know if he's at home or not. We don't have internet at the moment so we just thought we have his address let's just go and ring the bell. Doug we are coming. Wow look at this cute neighbor who's here. I feel like in an American movie now. Amazing. It's my first time in America so everything is like just impressive. Yeah look at these little streets and avenues and arms and everything. It's just beautiful here. Everything is so organized. It looks like a model village. I think this is Doug's place with a boat. Oh yeah. Because I think I saw a picture of his boat. Oh no. Yay. Alright let's see if they're in. We made it. We made it. We are happy now. I'm alive. I'm in. I was really excited. I was really excited. Welcome to the place in the garage. That's going to be where you guys sleep in the trailer. And then the sugar shower. I mean our house. We cost us. Yeah. Yeah. Perfect. I think that we could take Bumblebee over to the garage today which is good because then we can just get that process started and get everything we need to do done. Yes. Doug and Michelle they're just amazing. They're so friendly. I love them. They just showed us around and they just said anything we need they're gonna help us out. They're just so so friendly. So amazing people. Wow. We put Bumblebee field so light now. Alright. We've arrived at the place which is going to take Bumblebee apart and fix her up for us. Fun Bike Center. Yes. Awesome. Fun Bike Center. I love the name. We made it. All I know is that the oil was inside the thing and then it all dripped out. Now there's no oil in it. It's just the rubber and the seals. Since about Bolivia is when we started noticing the oil dripping out. Well good thing Lovey doesn't weigh very much. If we can get that off soon maybe we can take it to the suspension guy tomorrow. I hope you will be alright. We see you in a couple of days. We'll leave Bumblebee in the capable hands of Fun Bike Center and we're going to head off with Doug in a car. And that's job done for today. We're going to meet with Bumblebee and then tomorrow we're going to grab the suspension and take it over to a suspension specialist called Suspension 101 and those guys are going to help us out with that. A few days Bumblebee is going to be great. It's going to be like new. Ready to go. So good. So good. We made it. Heavy and alive. San Diego. I can't believe it. We are here. I cannot believe it was that easy to cross the border. It was super easy. Check out our palace here. It's absolutely amazing. We have our own little kitchen area here. Then a massive bed. We have our little working space here. Everything is pretty messed up at the moment because we've got all our stuff kind of everywhere. But yeah, this is the trailer that we'll be staying in. Whilst we're staying with Doug and Michelle here in San Diego. And look at the view we've got from here. It's just amazing. I'm so happy to be here and being so welcomed by these guys. It's just amazing. It's just like I feel at home. Yeah. And Doug's helping us out now with getting everything we need to do with Bumblebee sorted with the suspension. Possibly some new tyres. So we'll be staying with these guys for quite a few days until we get everything sorted. And we can just explore San Diego with them. It's going to be absolutely awesome. But we're here. We're in the USA. We've made it. We're in the middle of Central and South America. I cannot believe it. Amazing. And that's it from us today. We hope you enjoyed the video. If so, please give us a thumbs up. Subscribe to the channel. Share the video with your friends and family. Comment below. And we will see you next time.