I crossed one border 5 days ago and 2 borders yesterday. Yesterday morning I left San Salvador, El Salvador, rode through Honduras, and then arrived in Leon, Nicaragua just before dark. The 3 hours in Honduras was hellish. I have no desire to return to Honduras at any point in the foreseeable future.
Guatemala to El [...]
Tag Archives: Guatemala
3 borders and 3 hours in Honduras
Posted in Borders, Motorcycle Diary, Travels Also tagged Borders, CA4, corrupt cops, corruption, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua 4 Comments
Ciudad Cuauhtemoc to La Mesilla
This morning we crossed the border from Mexico into Guatemala. It was painless. I read about a couple of guys who crossed in 20 minutes so I was confident it would be easy.
To start with we needed to leave Mexico. We missed the exit point which is about 3km from the border. It looked like [...]
Posted in Borders, Motorcycle Diary, Travels Also tagged border crossing, Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, La Mesilla, mexico, Mexico to Guatemala, Pacoc 3 Comments
12 hours in Guatemala City
I’ve already spent 3 nights in Guatemala City. This afternoon, for the first time, I ventured into the city itself, leaving the safe confines of my hostel. Nataly very kindly volunteered to be my guide for the afternoon. She picked me up at the airport (5 minutes walk from the hostel) and we set off [...]
Posted in Photos, Travels Also tagged buses, clandestine sinks, graffiti, Guatefriends, Guatemala City, motorbikes, pigeons, The Box, vistas, waiter buttons, witches 6 Comments
Guatemalan photo catch up
Catching up on a few unposted photos. I’ll start vaguely in chronological order…
Caught a Chivas football game in Guadalajara. They are the only team in Mexico to have a team of only Mexican players. The game was interesting, 3-3 the final score. The crowd went absolutely nutso!
Sam and I stayed on Lake Atitlan in San [...]
Posted in Photos, Travels, Videos Also tagged Chivas, football, Guadalajara, Lake Atitlan, mangroves, Monterrico, soccer 2 Comments
