The Rio Grande Village Campground is in very close proximity to a border crossing (legal) into Mexico. The crossing takes you into Laquillas MX. We paid $5 round trip to be rowed across the Rio Grande in a small john boat by a very nice Mexican from Laquillas. As we soon discovered, tourism from this border crossing is a primary source of income for this very small Mexican community.
During our trip, we were serenaded by another fellow from the edge of the Rio Grande who had a terrific voice. It was really cool and the setting there is simply majestic. Upon arrival, we were welcomed to this community by several gentlemen, one of which would be our guide for the day. We jumped onto the backs of a couple of donkeys and were then lead to town by our guide.
This is a very simple community in the middle of nowhere that seems to survive by looking out for one another. It is very primitive yet functional. Our guide should us around town and we stopped a time or two to eat and purchase some items. All together, we spent several hours in Laquillas before returning to the US to pack up our belongings. This would be our last day in the park.
We drove for a couple of hours and settled in for a good nights sleep back at the Wamart in Fort Stockton, TX which is where we had stayed before making our detour south.
We both agreed that our day trip into Laquillas is a must do for anyone that finds themselves in that area of the park, and we were very thankful to have spent these last several days at Big Bend.
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