Hunker No More

We are well and in a good place!

The situation at our camp was going along great until the owner decided that he could make more money and forced some people into rooms on the property at much higher prices than camping. He dumped it all on us at 4 PM yesterday and told us that we had to accept it or he would close the camp and send us all away.

Along with his greed the locals had begun to get much less friendly. It is important to note that in Guatemala kids go to school free for 2 years and after that they have to pay so most never go past 2 years. The mayor explained that Covid 19 was brought by foreigners and scared the crap out of them so the rest is fairly predictable.

I had heard enough from the owner so we joined a group that wanted to head to Mexico - our only other option - and this morning we headed to the border. The drive was pretty and the locals along the way were scared. At one gas station we were able to buy gas, but the convenience store wouldn't touch the money we tried to hand them for fear we were infected.

We reached the border and signed out of Guatemala and as we signed into Mexico we were surprised to find that they were limiting visas and vehicle permits to 7 days which we will attempt to extend down the road.

Our plan will likely be to go to a "free zone" like \the Baja where you don't need a permit for your vehicle and hang out until we can easily travel south again.

We are all in uncharted waters right now and we hope you are all well and safe.

Peace and love. More soon....