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I shipped two cars out of San Pedro to Costa Rica, it worked out well, but when we drove we went down the east coast of Mexico to VeraCruz, then across the mountains through Chiapas and to the west coast of Guatamala. Good roads down the east coast of Mexico, but a lot of road blocks, we got stopped 10 times from border to border. I made money selling all three vehicles in Costa Rica but I don't know what to expect now.
The worst part of our trip was driving through El Salvador, I would now drive through eastern Guatamala and bypass El Salvador totally. No reason to be there.
Before we went we got visas for every country, many copies of everything, pink slips for the truck, copies of everything, BC, whatever, copies of the first two pages of the passport. Every border is different but they all want MONEY. and copies. Having the visa really helps, saves time and money in border crossings.
DON'T drive at night, DO, always, get a hotel where you can lock your car or bike up inside the corutyard. DON'T sleep at a gas station or anyplace else, get a good safe looking hotel. Don't spend the night at a border crossing and ALWAYS hit the border crossings in the early morning, 8:00 or when they open, they don't like to work in the afternoon and it will hurt you.
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