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Cold Beer, Old Temples and Curious Jaguars – Belize City, Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 6 July 2010
Belize only produces one domestic beer–the ubiquitous and tasty Belikin. But that one beer has a fantastic label featuring the terraced rocky hulk of an ancient Mayan temple on most bottles. You can even visit the “Belikin Temple” which is actually the 54′ high Temple of the Masonry Altars in Plaza B of the Altun Ha archaeological site. Altun Ha is a modern Mayan name (the city’s original name is unknown) for a very old place.
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Bird Brains and Rocks in Our Heads – Crab-Catcher Lagoon and Lamanai Mayan Ruins, Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 29 June 2010
Belize is teeming with wildlife and the remains of ancient Mayan cities. The two go particularly well together just up the New River from Orange Walk Town where the bird-rich Crab-Catcher Lagoon laps at the doorstep of the fascinating rocky remains of a major Mayan city. Crab-Catcher Lagoon is 28 miles long and, at times, it feels more like a winding river with its many arms and channels–some of them dredged and created by the Mayans as a way to bring water to their city at Lamanai.
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Jungle Surprises – Northern Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 22 June 2010
We were in a hurry. The border crossing from Chetumal, Mexico to Corozal, Belize was painless, however, it still took longer than we anticipated to get to the border and then get across it. With dusk approaching we drove through Orange Walk Town, made our turn toward a village called Yo Creek then high-tailed it north toward Chan Chich Lodge, jouncing over increasingly pot-holed dirt roads interspersed with even more brutal sections of eroded-pavement (there’s a reason most lodge guests fly in).
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We’re Belize-ing It – Corozal, Belize
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 15 June 2010
Crossing borders is always an exercise in change. That’s why we do it. What struck us most when we crossed over the border from Mexico into Belize was the heat. You may say heat knows no borders but trust us when we tell you that it was instantly hotter on the Belize side. Oh, and the fact that we were FINALLY dipping a toe in Central America after more than three years on the road in North America… Things were also instantly in English.
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Breezing over the Border – Belize, Central America
Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 10 April 2010
After 1,198 days on the road (that’s 3.3 years) and 114,270 miles (that’s a hell of a lot) in North America (the US, Canada and Mexico) the Trans-Americas Journey has finally made it to Central America! After a marathon drive from Cancun to Chetumal in Mexico’s Yucatan we crossed the border into Belize near Corozal. As if to welcome us, one of the first signs we saw on the Belize side made it official: we are now in Central America.
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