We have a new video up on our YouTube channel of our time travelling through the Central American countries of Belize, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Enjoy, subscribe, and share! 🙂
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Days 173 – 174: Belize to Guatemala and the ruins at Tikal
On Friday morning, we left San Ignacio and headed to the Guatemalan border with team Notier’s Frontiers. The crossing was fast and easy for team Riding Around the World as we had made photocopies of all our documents beforehand. I had actually copied the wrong page of Phil’s International driver’s license (oops!), but the border […]
Days 171 & 172: Belize City to San Ignacio and Xunantunich
We bid farewell to Belize City on Wednesday and rode towards San Ignacio, a town close to the border of Guatemala. The ride itself was just under two hours, but we stopped for lunch in the capital and had a delicious seafood pizza. We didn’t ride around Belmopan to see what the city looks like […]
Days 169 & 170: Chetumal to Belize City
On the morning of Monday, January 8, we woke up earlier than we would have liked, thanks to the blaring trumpets that seemed to be right outside our window. We later found out that the noise was thanks to the local police celebrating their ability to make noise at an ungodly hour without consequences because […]
Day 168: Playa del Carmen to Chetumal and the ruins at Chacchoben
On Sunday morning, Tim and Marisa met us at our apartment, packed and ready to hit the road. After we loaded our bike, the four of us said good-bye to Playa del Carmen and headed towards the Belizean border. The plan was to visit the Mayan ruins at Chacchoben on our way, stop in Chetumal […]
Days 159 – 167: New year, new horizons
Our last few days in Playa del Carmen were very low-key, probably because we needed our bodies to thaw from snowshoeing up a snowy mountain. I have decided that Canadian winters are awesome as long as I have a blanket, a hot beverage, and am sitting in front of a fireplace. We rang in the […]
