Bob talks about the enjoyment of clearing in... Sometimes it is fun, sometimes it is not. I waited three days to clear out of Aculupco, and neither my agent, nor the port office ever found the port captain, so I left Mexico without clearing out. I thought this would be a problem in Panama, it was not, they said "you did not clear out of Mexico", I mentioned I waited three days for the Port Captain and left, and they said "ah yes" and that was that. I could tell I was not the first with that problem! So the NAR freeing me from that hassle was nice. I still met with the officals or agent, just they came to either the Marina or the boat. Do not forgot that there are lots of locals to meet. Also it is clear that today there are far more cruisiers, and the officals clear in multiple boats everyday, something that was probably not as true when Bob did his cruising. As example was in the Panama Canal. We took a taxi to see the canal from above... and he asked what kind of boat we came in, I said Nordhavn and then he listed 3 or 4 other Nordhavn owners he had recently given rides to including Uno Mas who we met on the NAR.