You better Belize it

Yesterday we left Mexico and entered Belize. The border crossing was cake and everything went smoothly. Belize is tiny, we drove about halfway through the country in just a couple of hours. It's nice to be speaking English again - Belize was under British control until 1983.

We stayed just outside Belize City last night at a resort called the Black Orchid. The original plan was to just pick a Best Western and crash there, as (sadly) my mother left our group this morning for colder climes. Things didn't quite work out that way and we were forced to stay at the number #1 rated resort on tripadvisor. Bummer.

As I mentioned above, Belize is tiny. That meant our drive today is short. We spent the morning at the Belize Zoo, which features rare animals found in the jungles of Belize. It was much cooler then we all expected. After that, we headed to Balmopan to stock up on groceries. We did manage to encounter an awesome coffee shop which is where I'm writing this from. Sometime sooner or later I need to grab all of the locations we've visited and post them.

Tonight we're staying near a hummingbird preserve which is supposed to be cool. Tomorrow, we have a chance to do some work on our trucks and tool around in some LR Defenders. The opportunity to get under our trucks is quite welcome, as we are heading into the Guatemalan jungle in the next couple of days. If something goes wrong in the jungle, it's going to throw a serious wrench in our trip.

That's all I have to report, I'll do my best to post the pictures from Calakmul soon. Enjoy a cold drink for me - I'll be sweltering in the humid jungle soon enough.

Charlie