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On gas stations or border crossings be aware of people who want to be your guide ( no problem ) but if you leave your bike alone to go into some office have someone watch it.
On gas stations take your time counting the money and be aware of scam tricky tricks.
In El Salvador watch out for gang related activity.
In all countries you will encounter more or less frequent road blocks by either military, PGR, federales, criminal police, justice police, drug police, tourist police, traffic police, city police, state police or some other branch of police. Smile, be polite. Do not bribe if you can avoid it. Do not show a lot of cash, have it in smaller amounts in different locations if you need more go from one location to the next.
The official title for any official is senor or oficial, not amigo or guate or vato or hombre or any other word. Take your sunglasses off when you look them into the eye.
mattmexico
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