Goodbye Guatemala, Hello Mexico
We drove from Guatemala City up to Huehuetenango just 30 miles from the Mexican border. From a mileage point of view a very relaxed 180 miles, however the road from 20 miles out of Guatemala city was really poor and just to test my flexibility my new found ‘travelling companions’ decided to see how my relationship counselling skills were. They fought from first light to early evening with her threatening to walk off in the middle of a rather beautiful range of mountains because of some comment he supposedly made. She is definitely a fiery Costa Rican and it took almost half an hour to coax her back into his car for the remainder of the journey. How do I get into these things? Give me the Taliban any day!
The last 50 miles of Guatemala is mountainous and beautiful. The crossing into Mexico was unexpectedly straightforward with friendly, helpful officials. There is a spectacular gorge that is narrow but very...