 We are very very close to the Mexican border Hola, buenas Aquí? Okay Okay Good morning guys I bet you're wondering why I am riding the bike on my own in the morning Well, last night we did a little bit of research And we found out that to cross the border for Guatemala to Mexico We have to pay for fumigation And we have to pay for a temporary import permit to get into Mexico And of course, both those things are only available to be paid in cash And although we stayed last night literally right next to the border There is no ATM in the whole town of El Seibo Can you believe it? We asked our host and we said where's the nearest ATM? And she told us it's like 20 miles back in the town where I'm just arriving right now So at seven in the morning I had to jump on the bike Come back to this town and now I've got to try and find this ATM But we literally nearly spent all of our quetzales, all of our Guatemalan money And we were feeling pretty good about that We were like, yeah, yeah cool We spent all our cash, no problem But we've made this mistake before and we made it again Where is this ATM? Hola Cajero Okay, down here Okay Gracias, gracias He pointed this way El ranchero Hola Es una cajero Cajero Cajero Ah, van rural Pharmacia Ah, es... Es abierto aquí Ah Okay, gracias For what I think she said She said there's one in the pharmacy And that that one is closed So I've got to find the pharmacy Might do this place Let's try Okay, gracias This looks like a pharmacy Pharmacia Florian Let's see if they've got an ATM Hola Tiene una cajero aquí Okay, gracias Ah, okay Okay, we might be getting somewhere Okay, so unfortunately That type of cash withdrawal place Is just for local cards So I showed her our transfer-wise card And she said, no, no, it's not possible here You need like a regular ATM And then I asked her if there was one in this town And she said, no She said I have to ride to El Naranjo Which is another town But it is 15 miles away So, unfortunately We have a bit more riding to do And Lavie is just chilling back At the hotel room Beautiful morning ride though Look at this scenery With these like little cliffs Just coming into El Naranjo A green home Bank of the ATM It's working Yes, there it is Okay, let's see if these guys Are all waiting for the cash machine Cajero Ah, cajero aquí Okay, gracias Thank God they weren't all waiting for this Ah, yes There it is Let's pray it works I think it's working I think it's working I win the jackpot I'm rich Wait a minute, this is my money Awesome, right Now let's get back to the border Chachao It says it's 19 miles back to the border Man, I've covered some miles this morning Jesus Let's get back to the border And let's make our way to Mexico Morning mission accomplished Goodbye air conditioning Bye bye air conditioning It was nice Good morning world Welcome back to the channel It's day number 371 On our circumnavigation Around the global motorcycle We're here in the town of El Seibo In Guatemala We are very, very close to the Mexican border But we've got to fill up fuel first Just gonna do a last fill up Before we leave Guatemala You never know if it's gonna be more expensive Or less expensive Or about the same Regular Yeah, no, gracias You can hear the howler monkeys from here Wow Mucho mono aquí, no? Sí, la verdad That's cool Fantastic There's some crazy howler monkey Wow, amazing Wow, that's loud Wow, yes Amazing Okay, gracias That'll be okay 2.2 gallons 80 quetzales It's about 8 pounds Muchas gracias Muchas gracias Ciao, ciao Wow, I love this sound so much That's a loud noise they made Medical So we are here just at the border of Mexico And we are aiming to make it today To a town called Palenque Where we've got two amazing things to see The first place that we're gonna try and get to today Is called Aluxes And it's an ecological park It's a sanctuary for local wildlife For rescued wildlife And their aim is basically Rehabilitation and reintegration into the wild Wow, we're already here at the border Yeah That was quick Yeah, we were really, really close Hold on a minute Uh-huh I've just got to see When venidos are Mexico Yeah, that might be going too far Hola, migración aquí Okay, gracias A bit further Okay All right Yeah, it's pretty crazy Because this is a very, very rural Border crossing here And the border opens at nine We just do it with hand signs Okay, cool It doesn't look very busy at the moment Which is really cool And you've got howler monkeys I just heard them again Nothing like a border crossing with howler monkeys Hey Amazing All right Let's go find out what we've got to do Let's get out of Guatemala So that was a pretty quick, easy procedure On the Guatemalan side So it's got the passport stamped Nobody else waiting And then the customs guy came over to the bike Double checked that it was the bike And that was it Now he's letting us through Chao chao, gracias Okay, and now I don't know if we have to go here Hmm? Oh my goodness That is mega slidey Wow Okay, hold on a second Wow, that was really slidey though Okay, gracias Okay, so we've gone through the car wash And now I think we have to pay some money here Hola, buenas Hola Aquí? Okay Okay Don't tell me there's an ATM there Little guard dog over there as well Okay All right, let's do this Two hours later Got a sheep Sheep in the way Here we go Puerto Fonterizo El Seibo Buen viaje We have officially entered Mexico Nice Oh my lord, I took a long time It is currently quarter past 12 And I think we arrived at the border What, like 10 something? At 9.30 9.30 Yeah Oh my god Welcome to Mexico So we just stopped here at the first shop Actually after the border Because we desperately need something to drink And also Only went this morning to get some cash out Because we were yesterday Reading some stuff Or you need definitely some cash For the border crossing But they didn't actually let us pay In catalyst They wanted to pay us either a US dollar Or with our credit card So there was a big, big waste And now we are here at this shop And the guy is actually exchanging money For us But of course The rate is not very good Like I think we are losing about 10 10% now But yeah, we are quite happy That he actually exchanged the money for us Gracias I'm rich now For a day Gracias Muchas gracias, thank you All right So I'll just explain quickly the border process So first we had to get the passport Stamped But actually We had to pay a visa To get into Mexico Apparently if you stay in Mexico For more than 7 days they told us That you have to buy the visa And that cost 670 pesos Which is about £33 per person Then do you remember that little Spray we had for Bumblebee Well, we had to pay for that as well But then I had to go to customs And get the temporary import permit For Bumblebee This is where we thought That we were going to be able to use Our Cate Salas To be able to pay for that But for the visa They wouldn't accept it And then when I got to customs They wanted about 50 or 60 pounds For that temporary import permit But not only that I had to pay a $400 deposit On the bike And that deposit gets returned If you leave the country Within the set amount of time they've given you So they gave us 30 days in the country And basically if we don't leave Before 30 days They keep that money But the issue was of course That we withdrew all these Cate Salas And they wouldn't accept that at all So we had to pay the whole thing with card Because they did accept card So in the end The two main payments we made Were on cards We barely used any Cate Salas So our preparation Was basically a total waste of time A total waste of time Literally that hour and 20 minutes I spent riding around this morning Yeah, it's so silly Because we are so traumatized now The last two or three border crossings We always needed some cash And I read online we need cash And I didn't want to go And stamp ourselves out of Guatemala And then we can't stamp ourselves Into Mexico And we are stuck at the border Exactly We were trying to learn from our mistakes We were trying to be prepared But in the end We just like Totally didn't need to do that But I guess the important thing is We managed to cross the border And we're here in Mexico Yeah, wow Welcome to Mexico Country number 20 On our journey around the world Oh, here we go Yeah Hola, buenas Hola Hola Hola Again Palenque Palenque Gracias Okay That was quite easy, hey? Yeah, he was like He was quite friendly Nice So the only thing we can learn From our border experience this time is Sometimes being unprepared Is just as good as being prepared Yes But now we don't have Any border crossings to do for quite a while Which is awesome Because Mexico is a massive country And we have a lot of riding to do Oh, yes It's another incredibly hot ride Here for our first ride in Mexico The temperature at the moment The bike is recording 39 degrees So again, just like yesterday It's just bordering on ridiculous Yeah, it's not too comfortable actually I mean, I expected The high 30s in Africa But like I did not expect to be this hot here This is really, really exceeding My expectations But it's just because the border Took us the whole morning It just means that We're riding here at the hottest part of the day And that's not fun It's not really fun So I think we're going to keep on the lookout Now and see if we can find an air-conditioned place To have a bite to eat And just praying that there's like a Ultra modern petrol station Coming up with a nice air-conditioned Cafe Two veggie burgers And chips for five bucks steel Somehow I think that We aren't going to come across it though