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  1. Bye, Bye Belize – Quintana Roo, Mexico

    Blog: Trans-Americas Journey - 19 July 2010

    We loved our three weeks in Belize. But soon it was time to return to Mexico where, for some reason, they keep giving us tourist visas. We’re on our fourth (count ‘em) six month visa at the moment. We’d driven straight past the Laguna Bacalar area on our way to Chetumal on the border between Mexico and Belize and upon our return from Belize we took the opportunity to actually stop and check it out. At 35 miles long, Laguna Bacalar is the second largest freshwater lake in Mexico.

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  2. 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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