Yesterday(Monday) Chris and I split ways with the rest of the group for a couple of days. They headed to Caye Caulker to enjoy the beach, sun and sand. We decided to backpack to Guatemala to see Tikal. The group tours were short, expensive, and in the heat of the day. So we decided to go it alone!
First thing we did was only take what we absolutely had to have and would fit into our backpacks. Translation not much, passports, a change of clothes, toothpaste sunscreen, bug repellent, and a camera. We parked our rental car at Lower Dover and hoofed it a kilometer to the main road and waited.
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Twenty minutes later the chicken bus came by and we jumped inside. Total cost $6US to get to the border. The bus was well an experience. Jam packed with locals and we were the only non locals on the bus. We stuck out like sore thumbs! Garifuna and Spanish music blaring above our head. We rode the bus for over an hour to get to Benque where we departed to grab a taxi for the 2 mile trek to the border. The taxi driver was very helpful and told us what would be good prices for the exchange rates and how much it was to cross the border as well as what to expect on the other side.
Exiting Belize was a breeze and then onto immigration in Guatemala, taxi’s, finding a hotel, and Tikal.
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