Today was the Guatemalan border. Not quite as organized as the Belize border,
but then again, they wanted more from me.
Original vehicle title and a copy, same with driver’s license, registration,
and passport. Not sure if they were
using this approach to minimize the movement of stolen vehicles or justify the
$20 charge.
The roads in Guatemala are quite good...well...until they are not. Came through the border, had great, windy, twisty, newly paved roads. Flying along doing 45-70 mph and then all off a sudden, no road. Not bad road, no road, no warning, just rutted out base course that appears as if it had been put down years ago. I thought for sure I was going to blow out a shock, but the motorcycle gods took mercy, and I came though unscathed.
The roads in Guatemala are quite good...well...until they are not. Came through the border, had great, windy, twisty, newly paved roads. Flying along doing 45-70 mph and then all off a sudden, no road. Not bad road, no road, no warning, just rutted out base course that appears as if it had been put down years ago. I thought for sure I was going to blow out a shock, but the motorcycle gods took mercy, and I came though unscathed.
Went to Tikal this morning.
It is an old Mayan settlement that is currently being restored by the
government. They seem to be a doing a
wonderful job. During my trek through, I
found a 30-foot long line of Leaf Cutter Ants just going to town, moving leaves to their construction site.. I have seen them building their domiciles in
zoos and such, but never in real life. The
whole time I was watching them, I was thinking, you know guys, if you just went the other direction, the
same leaves are only 2-feet away.
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