2 Central America

Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, February 6, 2018

Quetzaltenango, or Xela, was my first city in Guatemala. The city wasn’t too big or small, and it had some fancy coffee shops but at the same time several traditional markets – A good introduction to Guatemala! For about a week, I was focusing on driving, so I thought I’d restore some human contacts in …

Mexico to Guatemala border crossing, @la mesilla, Guatemala, February 5, 2018

So I left Mexico this afternoon and entered Guatemala through Mesilla. Since then I’ve driven for 5 hours and, to be honest, I haven’t noticed too much difference of scenery from that of Chiapas, Mexico. And at the Guatemalan customs, I heard this question that I had thought I was going to hear at some …