Guatemalan Motorcycle Adventure: Battling Storms, Finding Paradise - EP.332

I swear, I need a hairdresser like right now Maybe we'll be able to find someone today or tomorrow We're going to a bigger city today We're going to Flores And this city is very interesting because apparently it's on the island And we're able to like take this road through water to get there And apparently some streets The outside streets are sunk Like submerged in the water So it will be interesting So this is where we're going today And we made it to Flores Look at this So many shops McDonald's and all So Most of the city is On the mainland So this is the The big city And then the There is a A tiny city on the island that we're going to about to see I don't know how to explain it to you we just have to see it So I'm looking for a hotel first because Because I want to leave my gear and then go to the island Because apparently all the hotels in the island they don't have Parking for Chillie I believe this is a hotel Not sure Oh, that's a hotel here on the right This is the gate Let's see if we can Stay here Chillie and if they have a parking for you Ah, we were very lucky with this one I took a room here I dropped my bags 20 bucks What a bargain We have loaded now So let's go to the island now And see what's there Okay, here we go This is the bridge, this is the road To the island I thought it's gonna be a longer road But oh, that's ahead of us It's an island This is the road But this road Is underwater Like if you look further Like there's like water there Ah Oh Oh, see That's the road Just like under the water Huh Yeah, you can't go through there Interesting, hey Okay Looks like one of the main streets The streets are quite narrow And most of them are one way No wonder Cute little island I must say Okay, we're back On the other side I don't know how to drive around this Because it looks like no matter what road I'm taking I'm ending up here I think But I think we got the sense of it, hey I think we know what's going on Now I'm on the mission To find a headdresser Okay, so apparently there's a headdresser here Your destination is on the left On the left Okay, let's see Maybe we'll be lucky How's my hair? And they definitely not the right color And cut But hey It's Guatemala I'm happy that I got it done The landscape has changed Look Here you can see There's like A lot of little hills That are very lush And overgrown Yeah, they're everywhere We're nearly at our final destination It is Hot Actually it's 29 So it's not super hot But it's humid I don't know why It's so humid Wow That is Some Heavy traffic I guess It must be a peak hour It's Nearly 5 We're going back from work I think I'll still shoot this I'm right here Oh Okay, let's work it out And we are in Look There's even a little pool What an awesome place And this is my room For $17 It's very small That's okay This is my gear And pretty much that's All the space there is In this room But I'm happy with that And they have a nice kitchen So we are cooking tonight Tonight's dinner, pasta salad Although It tastes Quite Interesting Because instead of Olive oil I've added this coconut Oil And normally Those coconut oils Don't Have the Taste and smell of the coconut But this one definitely has What it needs Billy's So yeah, I would say Pasta salad With coconut flavor It's still all right Just strange Good morning It rained like Crazy last night But now the sun is up So we're gonna keep going We're not going too far today We're going to this Hot waterfall Yeah, there's like a waterfall That's hot I totally want to see it We haven't swam in At the waterfall for like I think Seven days now So I think we all Are due For a swim So it's an easy ride today Let's do it Hola This is our hostel team We've been hanging out Together At the breakfast So Nicolene is from The Netherlands She's backpacking And Joe is from Canada New Brunswick I know New Brunswick Very well We know We all know why Bad experience in New Brunswick And you are traveling You're overlanding On On a XMAX 300 Scooter Let's have a look This is it T-MAX 300 300 yeah Nice Nomad Joe Right So how you find it? How you find it overlanding? Because you're on the road For two years now It has its challenges But overall Like I wouldn't trade it For anything Really? Yeah Because you like The comfort of Having Automatic gear box Oh The bike itself Oh yeah The bike I love it Because In the cities It's very nimble You're not playing around With clutches And stuff like that So for me It's It works really good Not to say I wouldn't Try something different next time But And what about the tires? The tires? The current tires I have right now Are not very good For anything But the road But that's all I can get here That's the problem with this bike Because you can't get parts for it In That's right A lot of places And yeah It's more of a European bike That's right So I'm guessing You're getting tires On the road In Countries Like Guatemala And Apparently El Salvador I can get them In Mexico now You can get them Okay Now that I've left Mexico They started Just started selling the bike there But I was very Amazed How much mileage you get on your tires Yeah the last tires I got About 25,000 kilometers That's insane And Could you please show us How you pack up? How I pack up? Yeah, yeah, yeah What do you use for your Luggage? Oh yes My trailer Yeah so I use the whole My gear Got all my electronics Like a drone And cameras in here Is it waterproof? Yes And it's locked up good So In here I keep all my Frying pans, tools Fixed bikes Spare parts Because I can't get Spare parts here So That takes a lot of space So you got two bins What's the How much kilograms Do you reckon you have? I have never Actually weighted But it's It's fairly hefty I mean the frame Is all steel I couldn't get aluminum Made I had this made in Mexico I could get aluminum made But they didn't have Aluminum available at the time So And what tire you have here? That's just a standard Motorcycle tire What size? From the little bike, yeah? I know I can get these tires Anywhere Yeah And they're like 25 25 bucks Yeah They're cheap Cheap Yeah Which one you're not Going to destroy? Yeah Probably right on the front Then is probably the best Yeah I think so On a bike Anywhere? Anywhere you want I want it to be at the front Yep Go for it Like here Can I be here? Yeah Okay Oh look at that OHB approved Congratulations You can go faster now Oh Well your phone Will work faster now Definitely So nice to meet you Yes it was nice to meet you Because you actually We were doing the same route But And we were both very slow But I think you're slower than me Yes Very slow How many months You spent in Mexico? I spent 18 months in Mexico Minus Had left a couple times To go visit family Stuff like that For a week or whatever I spent five months So yeah You're much faster than me I had to fly to New York To get parks Much slower than me Well it's so nice to meet you In well Safe travels I might see you on the road Down the road Somewhere To my close pubs Oh no And I was about I was going I'm sorry We were about to leave Oh This is bad We'll wait Sorry Chillie We're waiting We're gonna get washed All right Well The rain is gone Gone for a second It was nice to meet you guys Enjoy your stay All right See ya Oh Chillie It's gonna be a wet ride Well definitely The road will be wet But We're not going too far 30 kilometers And we're there Now we're traveling Along the lake And the plan is Today We'll be camping On this lake Not far to go Sunday All the kids are out Oh I think Because they have Kids birthday This is where our accommodation is gonna be The road looks all right Shouldn't be muddy Hopefully Ah Compacted gravel Perfect We're nearly there So we're going through The village I think this is the last village on this road A few potholes And I think The campground Where I want to stay Is just right here Like Right here Okay This restaurant Chilling area Well There's a lot of people Because it's Sunday I'm guessing these people Are only here for Like Sunday But He said I can Set up my camp here Under the shelter Because It will rain So I'm gonna Set up my camp And I want to stay here Two nights Because Apparently there's Hot spring Stuff I found a better option Around the corner The tent won't be Under the shelter But there's a table Under the shelter So even if it rains Sorry Chilly Okay So look Have a look Wow Right This is exactly Where we need to be Chilly I think I'm gonna park you here And you have a nice view There's a palm tree But coconuts are there Tree And shelter That's it This reminds me so much Of this one lake In Ethiopia Like a camp Similar scenario At the lake Under the tree And the waves were so Strong for a lake I think It's a perfect spot for us Chilly I'm happy with that I was really rushing To set up my tent And we made it Just before it started to rain This is our Spot for the next two days Welcome to Guatemalan Dry season Chilly likes to be covered as well It's just When I came here I could see The other side of the Lake I could see the other shore And now everything is just Gray I'll give it 10 minutes And there will be blue sky again I love this setup Because here Next to my tent I have this Picnic table with a shelter So I can start cooking my lunch Even when it rains And five minutes later We can see The other side of the lake Storm No storm So you know what My biggest worry These days is Gas for my stove It's Actually in Belize You cannot get Profane butane gas That's got that ending That fits my stove You know what I mean? This can I still have from Mexico And that's why it's so important To travel with the one You know with the hose Because you can lay that one And you can do that So I couldn't find in Belize I couldn't find in any hardware shop here They have propane gas Or butane gas And with a different End, so I'm just hoping when I get to Guatemala City There are a few camping shops Maybe, maybe, hopefully I'll get my gas Bottle there But if we want That's it No more cooking And I love Camping cooking so much My precious We have to really save you We have to make the most of you I'm doing smashed veggies With dehydrated soy But I'm not sure how much I'll be able to smash them After this Anyway That's the plan Do you see there's Like a lot of veggies Like a lot And now I'm gonna drain it I'll be drinking Drinking this as a soup Because I use vegetable stock To cook those veggies And now we have to smash it Oh no, wait This is the last bit I think there's a lot of parsley here That's okay We'll manage Right Where's my Smashing fork Smashing fork is here This is gonna be Very difficult to smash But that's okay We can do this Smash, smash, smash Yeah That butter would be nice Or something But we have nothing So I'm just smashing it as it is Yeah, no I'm giving up I think I've chosen Wait I'll make it decent for you I've chosen vegetables That are not really smashable So we'll just be eating this And drink that That's it That's our dinner tonight You know what? Because those veggies are so Unsmashable I'm gonna Let's go back to the original Thingy We'll do soup out of that I think it's much better To eat it as a soup Definitely And that's the view It stopped raining So nice Oh yeah Yep As a soup It's delicious Not that dry anymore Hot I dropped this chip on the ground And a few minutes later Ants are on it So I'm gonna document the progress Hi duckies What's going on? Did you eat my chip? Because it's gone? Who ate it? Who did it?