We headed out of Tuxtla and hit the “Cuota” (toll road). It started climbing and it got foggy and cold quick. It climbed to over 7000 feet and was a very fast road up and over the continental divide. After we got over the top we stopped and put our jackets on over our mesh gear. The road was wet from some rain….It sprinkled on us and we had a discussion about it being rain or not. But we decided it was just the fog mist and nothing more. The streak continues! The road was nice with little or no traffic all the way to the border. At the exit of Mexico it went smoothly and we paid our “exit tax”. We both think this was a fleecing. but we paid it and left. We had heard that the entrance to Guatemala would be a challenge. We rolled up and a dude said we had to have a our bikes spayed with some insecticide. We asked how much and the dude said 11.8 quetzal’s… Dan said whaooow thats too much… Then he did the math and it was only a $1.50. Then we got our vehicle permits and passport stamps and they waved us through. Total time about 20 minutes. No biggie. We cruised through the border town of Pacoc and the road headed up this amazing canyon. 
After a bit we decided to stop for a pee break. Dan went down this little gravel road and found this bridge. He rode across it and I followed. I’m sure he did it just because of my history with wood bridges. All went fine though and we had a great view of the river. Dad, you would of loved this bridge. It was about 100 feet above the river and kinda springy when we rode across it. 
We returned to the highway and rode the rest of the way to Huehuetenango. Found a room for 28 bucks had dinner for 9 bucks. I had the chicken and it was ice cold. I looked it over hoping it was cooked all the way. But I was hungry so down it went. Then in the middle of the night we both awoke to a dude in the next room barfing his brains out. All I could think about was, god I hope he didn't have the chicken….
Today we ride south. Cheers.
Amazing ride guys!! Been meaning to ask what you do with your bikes at night. How do you secure them? Do you chain them to things? Bring the into the room? Or is theft of the bike, or parts of the bikes, not a worry or problem? Several years ago some friends and I went to the Superbike races at Laguna Seca and we chose to chain all the bikes together outside our rooms... wondering if you are doing something similar?
Hey Mike,
Sure stolen stuff is always a worry.
Most hotels have armed guards with shotguns that watch the parking lots. We spiff them sometimes and sleep well. Most also use locked gates for their parking lots at night. We bring our givi bags in at night and lock the side bags. We use Disk locks and thats about it. Some hotels allow us to bring them into the lobby or patio area. If they don't have guards or we can't bring them into a locked area, we stay someplace else.
Please do some jumps or something, wheelies anything exciting.
Ill see you guys in Barra on the way back up.