Which Country south of the US is the Best one for this idea?
Hi folks.
We are some working stiffs that want to ride south of the US border but we only have ~2 weeks at a time as we need to get back to our jobs as retirement is a ways off yet.
So, the original plan was this October to ride to Pueaurta Vallarta Mexico, store the bikes and then fly back, ride them south for another two weeks and park them at a friends hostel in Guatemala and keep flying back there 1/2x a year using it as a hub.
But I've since learned about the 180 day TVIP limit for mainland Mexico and the 90 day limit for Guatemala, so one option is to ride south but then store the bikes in say La Paz or Cabo as the Baja does not have the 180 day limit but that would eat up some of our two weeks every time having to come back to Baja.
So, is there any country south of Guatemala that is more open to the idea we have of leaving our bikes in storage and then flying back to them 1/2 times a year to keep exploring?
We liked the Guatemala idea as buddy has a Hostel, so cheap accommodations and storage fees, and its not that much to fly there from western Canada, but 90 days won't work with the 1/2 times a year idea which is all we could make work. Could we get the bikes licensed in Guatemala if the Hostel owner did it (ie: we "sell" the bikes to him and he registers them, would that let us ride in other countries and then come back to Guatemala for storage)?
I'm about to purchase a bike for the trip but I need to have these questions answered before I pull the trigger using the 0% credit card $$.
Any suggestions from you world travellers on how we could make this work so we don't have to wait for retirement?
Thanks for helping us with our dreams!
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