Missionvango has passed relatively peacefully through Texas, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and into Nicaragua. However, we finally had the experience we have been halfway expecting all along. We were waved over to the side of the highway by a pair of police officers. Unlike the many police and military checkstops we have passed through, this pair conducted a "safety inspection". After checking for everything that they could possibly write us a ticket for (including not having a a fire extinguisher, brightly colored safety vest, road triangles, etc. all of which we had) they began to get agitated. Finally, one of the officers pointed to my Crocs. "Those are not officially approved footware for driving" he said. Are you serious? He confiscated my driver´s license and said he was going to have to mail it to the
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