"Trajen perico?" (Are you bringing any cocaine?) asked the Military
officer
"Que es perico?" I innocently replied knowing what he meant…
He then proceeded to walk around our bikes with a device that looked
more like a vibrator with a TV antenna attached at right angle to the
tip. The antenna swung towards my headlights and then swung towards
Marc's top case… at that point he gave up and let us go.
Quite unlikely that such a small device with no buttons, no display or
LED lights was a drug sniffer…
Day 28 – Palenque to Chetumal
We saw the our first Mayan ruins today! Very impressive in terms of
size and how intricate the cities were – several buildings with many
divisions within.
We ran into two other motorcyclists from Texas riding BMW GS 1200
Adventures – nice guys – they were in Cancun for a wedding and were
heading back to the US.
The road was pretty straight and boring – swamps and flatlands all the
way pretty much – but it made for good progress. We did 320 miles
today leaving at 2pm and arriving around 9pm.
No major incidents apart from being stopped twice at Military check
points… they were looking for drugs mostly.
So we finally made it through Mexico! Tomorrow we do the actual border
crossing into Belize!
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