Central America 101
guess all these countries will be pretty much the same” He had said it with genuine belief, which shocked me for several reasons. Firstly, the lack of understanding caught me by surprise. Even in Europe the countries feel different – and we have no real borders. Yet we were busily waiting at the border from Mexico to Guatemala. A multi-hour, multi-document, multi-building process that left you in no doubt you were exiting one place and entering another. Secondly, that this motorcycle traveller would be writing off
