Guatemala, for bike permit, which I was told was good for all of C.A. $243 Its not,( I gave him $250, he never did give the $7 in change) The handling fee, there were 3 guys watching the bike and three doing other stuff, he told me about $50, and that wasn't with paying the watchers, they wanted $20, I gave them $10 and he was pissed about that. $10 probably in other miscallaneous charges, spraying the bike, stamping passport, copies of everything, paying to cancel permit of Mexico. Total for entry to Gautamala, about $320. Total wait time, about 5 hours!
I don't think it cost me more than $50 in fees to bring a bike into Guatemala.
I'm happy to pay a handler $5 or so if he speeds the process. Keep in mind $10 is big money in Guatemala. You would have to shoot me....twice...to get $320.
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