My goodness. I love this! I was a Contiki tour manager in the USA in 1999 & 2000 and I led this tour! I met my husband while I was a guide. He was an Aussie on one of my longer trips. (So cliche!) But I have a fondness for Contiki since it was such a fun and life changing chapter in my own life.

Not sure how they did things in 1996, but in 1999 we hopped on this little bus to go into Mexico and walked over the border to come back. Americans got through both ways with almost zero screening. Other international folks were scrutinized more coming back into the US… but not by much.

Thanks for sharing your travel memory! 🇲🇽