He will not try to go north again. He knows how hard it is. He remembers the hunger, the thirst, the exhaustion, and the fear. He lives them with every step. Men with stone colored hats and long machetes march barefoot by the road on their way to the sugar or coffee plantations.
Women carry their babies close to their brilliant colored shirts.
The rain gives no warning. He waits until the downpour stops and the hot humid air returns. Hardly anyone uses the international bridge and the official border. The most dangerous point is Tapachula, Mexico. It's where most migrants are caught by the Mexican migra.