another 50 miles later, we were stopped at yet another police checkpoint. they asked the routine questions (fire extinguisher, spare tire, triangle, etc.)…and then told me that i needed two triangles! so, i was escorted to the higher up. with my spanglish, i tried to tell him that i had a flare in the car. i didn’t make an effort to translate ‘flare’ into spanish, since i wasn’t 100% sure that i had it. we stood there for a few minutes while he waited for his higher up. somehow, while talking to each other, the chief got the impression that something was wrong with my brakes. i didn’t really understand what he was talking about, so i kept saying ‘que?’…in the end my stupidity worked out and he let us go.<\/p>\n
this was very reminiscent of that 100km stretch in honduras where they asked for triangles, extinguishers, etc. or maybe the other stretch in nicaragua where patrik and i did eventually pay some money (he had to catch an airplane, so we were a bit rushed). apparently the embassy trick works, though…so it’s good to know.<\/p>\n
it’s also interesting how these corrupt checkpoints congregate. are those regions poorer and once a month try to raise some funds? do the different checkpoints compete with each other? is it just the certain regions are more corrupt than others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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