Came in this afternoon and took over 90 minutes to get through immigration and customs. Immigration I can sort of understand but what chaos just to push the green or red bottom. A black eye for zihua. Where do all the fees we pay when purchasing airline ticket go to?

The issues and rip-offs are well documented here in Zih. We go through Mexico City at all costs now.

Came in this afternoon and took over 90 minutes to get through immigration and customs. Immigration I can sort of understand but what chaos just to push the green or red bottom. A black eye for zihua. Where do all the fees we pay when purchasing airline ticket go to?

What a colorful posting.

I don’t recall seeing any green bottoms in Zihuatanejo. Maybe on March 17-18 after too much St Patrick’s Day green beer?

I’ve seen plenty of red bottoms, usually after gringos have been on a beach here for two days.

But all of that aside, I have found getting through customs at ZIH to be a crapshoot. I have experienced similar this as reported here and by friends/acquaintances. Some arrivals are as smooth as a baby’s behind. Others are like what comes out of a baby’s behind.

We have brought things through customs that I was sure would attract attention and there was nothing but a smile from aduana. Other times minor items have extracted significant money from pockets, always with proper documentation given by aduana.

I mostly avoid ZIH aduana now by arriving through Mexico City, but I anticipate a possible adventure when I return through ZIH later this month.