Sunday, April 5, 2009

day 074 - km 5943

poptun - livingston - puerto barrios
108,02km 788 alti meter
"the carebean guatemala/honduras detour"
here some facts for those who are thinking about taking the same route:
boat from rio dulce to livingston leave at 9.30 and 13.30 costs 125Q per person 25Q per bike. (duration aprox. 1,5h)
boat from livingston to puerto barrios costs 30Q per person 10Q per bike. (duration aprox. 0,5h)
the road from puerto barrios to puerto cortes is paved all the way with a nice shoulder. there is one little hill (aprox. 50 meters) between puerto barrios and entre rios and a even smaller one 9km after the border, later some rolling hills.
km 4 puerto barrios - intersection sto. tomas / guatemala
(turn left towards guatemala)
km 13 turn left in entre rios at intersection to honduras
(some little "stores" along the road)
km 18 guatemala imigration (get your stamp leaving guatemala for free)
km 38 border honduras (get your stamp for honduras 30Q or 3 US$)
possible to change money on the "road"





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