Monday, January 22, 2007

Driving Naked in Central America

Thursday January 11
Photos of Huehuetenango


Ginette at hotel





We had auto insurance in Mexico; Mexico demands it. We had arranged for the insurance over the Internet. But we could not get insurance for the rest of Central America. The guidebooks said we could get insurance at each border. Not so. At the Guatemala border people said to look for insurance in Huehuetenango. So we spent the morning looking for auto insurance. No way. “Go to Guatemala City”. BIG No way! So we made a run for El Salvador bare naked (insurance wise). The same story was repeated in El Salvador and Honduras; driving uninsured. Auto insurance is not mandatory in these countries but it felt dangerous for us to be without.







1 comment:

Lucie et Pierre said...

Bonjour à vous deux,il semble plus facile de naviguer sur l`eau que de conduire en amérique centrale.Lucie et moi avons trouvé le Costa Rica splendide.Les enfants veulent absolument venir avec nous la prochaine fois.On vous souhaite un bel hiver à 32 degré celcius et à la prochaine.