If you have been reading along you know we were in the throes of transferring our Mexican VW Jetta registration from the State of Veracruz to the State of Oaxaca. You might recall our characterizing this move as “sound reasoning.” This morning that is being rethought.
Yesterday as instructed we returned to the north end of the city center to the Recaudación office on calle 10a Norte. The offices were closed up tight with hand written signs suggesting we should look for further announcements – huh?
We left 10a Norte dejected and confused.
We have a local Forum here in Puerto where gringos share information and often yell at one another. It is best to get past the yelling and downright nastiness of some participants because there is a lot of good information to be found beneath all that nonsense.
Turning to the Forum for answers we wrote the following:
We were at the Recaudación office on 10a Norte yesterday. This office handles much of Mexican vehicle issues including titles and registration – fees etc.
We were asked to return today.
When we arrived it was totally closed down with signs saying they would announce when they would reopen. Anyone know what is up with this?
A nice person replied:
I believe there is a state-wide strike of government workers. They have closed the highways in Oaxaca.
- [Imago]
Ouch!
Someone else wrote:
Listen to the Puerto radio news at 2:00p.m. each day and you´ll be kept updated on all the happenings (or nonhappenings) here in Pto. There is a state-wide strike of government workers and no one knows when it will end. They were saying maybe 2 weeks. Stay tuned. [lunazul]
Notice lunazul cleverly used our closing remark from this Blog. Obviously a reader
We replied:
lunazul – I hate listening to the radio – and my Spanish, well – It is far more convenient getting answers here
Thank you Tom Zap (also Imago and lunazul)
Readers interested in Puerto Escondido are encouraged to read the Forum. Tom Zap provides forums for a number of other areas in Mexico as well – an excellent source of information.
Obviously our car registration process is in limbo. Will we be stronger on the other side of all this? You will have to Stay Tuned! for further information.

Everyone has seen a movie or three where the pages of a calendar flip by to depict the passing of time. It seems like time passes like those flipping calendar pages here in Puerto Escondido. We are already well into the second half of our time here.