(Here we are camped on the shore of Lake Petén Itzá in El Remate. Some of the local guys are playing soccer on the small field between us and the lake.)

Left for Guatemala today. We were only 11 miles from the border so got there around 10am. It took an hour and a half to clear both borders, pretty good actually. We changed some money with the money changers at the border and bought some gas as soon as we were in Guatemala. Gas is over $5US in Belize and about $3 US in Guatemala. We were pleasantly surprised that the famous 14 miles of really, really bad road just over the border was much better than the last time we came through. In fact, it was no where near the worst road we've been on. We got to El Remate on Lake Petén Itzá early in the afternoon. Found a place to park right on the lake and in front of a guy's shop who made really gorgeous wood carvings. So, we bought some stuff and he was happy for us to stay as long as we wanted.

Hombre was down by the lake doing his business when one of the horses there decided he didn't want any dogs around. The horse was coming at Hombre with his head down and poor Hombre was trying to finish up and get out of there. We figured out today that our dogs have been in 5 countries in their short lives, such international travelers!



Here's a view the other direction on the lake, looking towards Tikal which is about 30km away.