Boarder Crossing # 2

We had problems again crossing the boarder into Guatemala but this time not as dramatic. Before we left Belize City we asked how much it cost to get out of Belize, the answer was about $40 Belizeans or $20 USD each. The question we didn’t ask though was how much it cost to enter Guatemala. None of the other countries had cost before to get in and our travel partners did not expect this either. When we got to the Belize-Guatemala boarder we paid our $40 Belizeans got spare change back and continue on to the Guatemala immigration entrance. In really fast Spanish the immigration agent said we owed $20 quartlez (Guatemalan currency) or $3 USD each. Between the four of us we scrapped together enough $USDs, Belizeans and Quartlezes to get pass. We are now in Guatemala; such a variety of lush green trees, bushes exuberating with colorful flowers and the tall grass swaying in the breeze. Oh and white, brown, black and tan free ranging cows and horse all over the place. Wild chickens, dusty dirt roads that cover all the plants on the side of the road making it look like old volcanic ash and let me know forget the roads that are paved are filled with pots holes after pot holes. All this within another 4 hour bus ride from Belize City to Flores, Guatemala.

Boarder Crossing # 2

San Ignacio, Belize