We have successfully arrived in Guatemala! On Friday, we took a shuttle from San Cristobal de las Casas to Panajachel, Guatemala. It took about 10 hours, but was an absolutely gorgeous drive.
The border crossing was run in a pretty loosy-goosey manner. The bus we were in just dropped us off on the Mexican side, where we had our passports stamped to leave the country in one office. Then we went to a different office and had them stamped by the Guatemalan authorities to enter (and paid the non-official entrance fee for Americans only!), and then we just got into a van that drove us into Guatemala. At the actual border, there was only one guy kind of guarding the road, and one of those drawbridge arm things (like at a parking garage). But, people were just walking back and forth and there really didn´t seem to be any order to it. Pretty interesting experience!
And now, we are in San Pedro, at Lake Atitlan, where we plan to stay for the next 4 weeks or so. We have signed up to take language classes, and start tomorrow!
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