update on southbound adventure

maybe trip was not meant to be. Death of family friend hours after leaving Sacramento around 6 am on Saturday, February 28th. In an 8 car pile up in Pasadena a few hours after that. Hit Nogales around 2 am on March 1st and spent an hour getting auto and tourist permits. Glad we did, got pulled over around 2 am the next night in Guadalajara and all they wanted was to see permits. Mazatlan around 5 pm local, Mexicao city around 9 am on 2nd. Hit Tapachula on Tuesday around 3 am. Stink like hell and have spent over 140 dollars on tolls. But now the fun and spear fishing have begun. The persistent little shits at the Guat border are everything everyone had described. Do your best to ignore them. I gave two of them 5 bucks just for enduring my insults and callousness. Best thing you can do is to already have some Quetzels. About 4 dollars worth for fumigating and you DO NOT NEED YOUR PASSPORT STAMPÈD TO LEAVE MEXICO. Have you ever been checked by the Mexicans when going back into the Sates? Get the auto permit and you have to pay at the banco. You can use a debit card at the bank. It doesn´t open until 9 am though, so the earlier you get there, the more time you get to spend with those pesky little bastards. The money chgangers are not really making that much off of you in reality. The bank is about 7.8 Quetzels for a dollar and the guys on the street will give 6 or 7. Considering how poor these people are, it isn´t that bad I suppos. We are in Iztapa Guatemala tonight and spearfishing tomorrow. Will try to give some more updates as we go.