Those jeans are straining at the seams.LOL:smilies0134:

Fashion comes and goes.....

Jeans...hard to beat a good pair of tight jeans....and a white t shirt to match...

:)

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Tops for jeans :-)

thats what i was waiting for but it never happened!!!

had a last night in cafe/ bar No Se and some booze was put away...luckily it is just staggering distance across the street tot the hostal...by the end of the night the bartender was kind of a ghost


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the following morning i met Dylan aka "cleanwatt" and we got a wave off from el hostal

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a quick ride to the coast about 100 miles or less and we checked in to Hotel/ Hostal Del fin, i thought it was on this sign but it wasn't so as you come into town near the beach take a right, its down the side street 50 feet, $9 a night for room with a private bathroom

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black sand beaches, with crazy waves

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the owner says he has three friendly dogs and a crazy one eyed parrot, who says "hola" from a bout 6.30am onwards for a few hours in the mornings

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one dog was security for my bike

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...and another "luna" was an escort if we left the hotel

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cool sunsets here

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but remember to shake your boots well as there are scorpions here too :huh

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in a word - easy...there were no offers of helpers and none were required

check out of Guate, literally three minutes and 10Q, park the bike in the parking lot on the right as you come to the border. Then on your left is a long building and another to its left, go to the building farthest left, window outside and cancel your paperwork to check the bike out and then to the salida window in the next building to cancel your entry in your passport and pay 10 Quetzales in cash...goodbye Guatemala

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jump on the bike and ride it 50 yards up to the brown building on your right, park right outside

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go thru the double doors to the far left for immigration and pay 60 Liperas entry/ visa fee, and fill out the form which is in English and Spanish

next into the doors in the middle to do your import, you need three copies of license, title and passport info page, i only had two copies and he accepted that, if you need copies there is a copy place right across the street by the barrier

they fill out all of the paperwork for you and do not inspect the VIN, they accept the cancelled Guatemala paperwork and copy your info from that - the import permit is 661 Limperas or about $33

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total time at both borders was 50 minutes which included talking with the money changers for maybe 15 minutes and getting a good rate if you bargin a little, bank rate today was 19.6 he offered 18, i got him up to 18.75 which for a few dollars to pay the fees for me was OK

Not far to go to the important things in life.:family:Ride Safe.

Excellent pictures, thank you.

leaving viavia cafe in Copan and the maneuvering to get out and down the step...a very cool place to stay and the owner Gerardo is a great guy and has good info of the country being a bike rider himself

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the rest of the day was in and out of the rain forest in the, ahem, RAIN, oh and cold!!!!

some crazy roads that test your slalom techniques for sure and then some good pavement in the middle of nowhere...final destination was D&D brewery

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got to the D&D Brewery late in the day and in the rain, on a good day it would have been a great ride by Lake Yojoa, cause of the rain no photos...

the brewery is North of the lake reasonably easy to find, once past the gates

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and down past the small pool

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it was kind of just like hanging out in someones backyard, i kind of expected a little more, nothing bad to say, the beers were OK, just OK nothing special, food was average and the room was too. we parked the bikes right outside

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there is a friendly kitten living there...

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two other riders were staying, a dutch/ english guy on a V Strom and Ben an American on one of the most overloaded GSA's i have seen in while with Jesse's largest bags (150 liters i think), top box, tank side bags, (tank bag and holdall - not shown) and he is planning to ride every country in south america :eek1 i foresee Ruta 40 will take its toll with all that weight :muutt

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if you are into bird watching and a small hike then this place might be for you, Dylan and i agreed that it couldn't keep us occupied for two days, which we had planned.

so this morning we had the 'world famous blueberry pancakes' and headed out in the rain