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normamc288

Aug 23, 2010, 4:43 PM

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bus from Matamoros to Nvo Laredo OR

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I just love this website, ask a question and get wonderful answers. My poor brain cannot seem to find a bus actually, from Veracruz to Nvo. Laredo.............however, I do not want to go thru Monterrey. So, I was thinking bus up to Matamoros then bus on over to Nvo Laredo. Need to get Visa redone and no time to do the FM3 (or whatever it is now called).

Can someone please tell me how to find the name of a bus going in that direction (Matamoros to Nvo Laredo) so I can get times and dates so my friends can meet me there.

Thanks so much, in advance, for any help. Norma

jerezano

Aug 24, 2010, 9:30 AM

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Re: [normamc288] bus from Matamoros to Nvo Laredo OR

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Hello normamc288,

Unfortunately, from my own experience, any Mexican bus from Matamoros to Nuevo Laredo (both Mexican cities) will go through Monterrey.

In fact, you will probably change buses in the Monterrey central because I doubt that there will be a through bus.

However, you could go to Matamoros, cross the frontier into Brownsville, and from there take a Valley Transit bus on
the American side to Laredo. Then at Laredo cross over into Nuevo Laredo and get your "visa redone". This is what I
would recommend based on the unrest all along the frontier on the Mexican side. But why do you have to go to Nuevo
Laredo to have this done? Couldn't you do it there in Matamoros? This is something new to me so I'm wondering. I
have never had a visa (other than tourist visa) to enter Mexico, and a tourist visa can(or used to) be picked up anywhere
along the frontier.

Would it be possible to take a bus from Veracruz to Mexico City and then from there to Nuevo Laredo? I would still worry
that even this possibility would go through Monterrey as that is the the normal route from Mexico City to Nuevo Laredo.

If anyone should know differently, I hope that you hear from him/her.

Have a good trip. jerezano

(This post was edited by jerezano on Aug 24, 2010, 9:54 AM)

normamc288

Aug 24, 2010, 9:37 AM

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Re: [jerezano] bus from Matamoros to Nvo Laredo OR

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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer. I am not afraid of the city for changing buses, I just HATE crowds. I really like your idea of the Valley Transit. That is what I will do or else I will just get my friend to drive to Brownsville and I will meet her there, I decided against the FM3 as I just do not have the time nor the patience to do it before the 23rd of Sept. I left my car with my daughter but it is still hooked up with my visa and that is why they are coming down from San Antonio so I can turn in the papers and not get a fine.

The easiest for me, Matamoros. That's what I will do and let them drive the 5 hrs. down.

Again, thanks, you always give the best and most timely advice, Norma