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Old 03-24-2008, 10:37 AM
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Today starts the two week school break that our children enjoy for semana santa and Easter. Connor has been invited to spend his vacation in Seattle with his girlfriend and her family. Sooo...Rob and I and the little ones are packing up the Xterra for a week of touring through the jungle in Belize and another week on Ambergris Caye, relaxing with friends and doing some necessary "recon" for an exciting new real estate project we are working on.

We are leaving at about noon and making the drive to Chetumal, crossing the border and spending the evening in Corozal. Our plan from there is to explore all of the regions on the Belize mainland Corozal, Orange Walk, Caya, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo. We will most likely not spend any time in Belize City. We have no plans, no reservations and 7 days to spend doing and seeing ANYTHING that we come upon. Our kids are great travelers so this should be a wonderful adventure for us all.

I will be blogging as we go along and doing my best to post everyday. If anyone has any recommendations for things to do/see and places to stay, I will be checking this thread as well.

Wish us luck and be sure to check on our progress at www[dot]LifesaBeachBlog[dot]com. And we're off!!!

Road Trip Belize - Day 1
Road Trip Belize - Day 2
Road Trip Belize - Day 3
Road Trip Belize - Day 4

This is a long one!!
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Thank you for the reminder. I enjoy reading about these trips!
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Today starts the two week school break that our children enjoy for semana santa and Easter. Connor has been invited to spend his vacation in Seattle with his girlfriend and her family. Sooo...Rob and I and the little ones are packing up the Xterra for a week of touring through the jungle in Belize and another week on Ambergris Caye, relaxing with friends and doing some necessary "recon" for an exciting new real estate project we are working on.

We are leaving at about noon and making the drive to Chetumal, crossing the border and spending the evening in Corozal. Our plan from there is to explore all of the regions on the Belize mainland Corozal, Orange Walk, Caya, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo. We will most likely not spend any time in Belize City. We have no plans, no reservations and 7 days to spend doing and seeing ANYTHING that we come upon. Our kids are great travelers so this should be a wonderful adventure for us all.

I will be blogging as we go along and doing my best to post everyday. If anyone has any recommendations for things to do/see and places to stay, I will be checking this thread as well.

Wish us luck and be sure to check on our progress at www[dot]LifesaBeachBlog[dot]com. And we're off!!!

Road Trip Belize - Day 1
Road Trip Belize - Day 2
Road Trip Belize - Day 3
Road Trip Belize - Day 4
Road Trip Belize - Day 5
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This is some fun reading! Thanks Michelle, I really enjoy it !

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Really enjoying your trip report Michele, what an adventure, and your children are real cuties.
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Really enjoying your trip report Michele! Can't wait to get home and read days 4-5 !(it's blocked here at work)
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Michele, sounds like you are having a wonderful time. Finally caught up on days 2-5 today. Can't wait to read about the rest of your trip.
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Today starts the two week school break that our children enjoy for semana santa and Easter. Connor has been invited to spend his vacation in Seattle with his girlfriend and her family. Sooo...Rob and I and the little ones are packing up the Xterra for a week of touring through the jungle in Belize and another week on Ambergris Caye, relaxing with friends and doing some necessary "recon" for an exciting new real estate project we are working on.

We are leaving at about noon and making the drive to Chetumal, crossing the border and spending the evening in Corozal. Our plan from there is to explore all of the regions on the Belize mainland Corozal, Orange Walk, Caya, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo. We will most likely not spend any time in Belize City. We have no plans, no reservations and 7 days to spend doing and seeing ANYTHING that we come upon. Our kids are great travelers so this should be a wonderful adventure for us all.

I will be blogging as we go along and doing my best to post everyday. If anyone has any recommendations for things to do/see and places to stay, I will be checking this thread as well.

Wish us luck and be sure to check on our progress at www[dot]LifesaBeachBlog[dot]com. And we're off!!!

Road Trip Belize - Day 1
Road Trip Belize - Day 2
Road Trip Belize - Day 3
Road Trip Belize - Day 4
Road Trip Belize - Day 5
Road Trip Belize - Day 6

Thanks for everyone's patience and all the nice comments. We are now in San Pedro with good internet so finally I can upload photos and post our adventures. What an amazing trip this had been!!
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Just read them all. Hope you found some cash. Looks like a blast.
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I know it will work out; it's just the stress when you are having such a great time. Really impressed with your ruin find down a small road. Your kids are great travellers and will really benefit from their experiences in years to come.
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Today starts the two week school break that our children enjoy for semana santa and Easter. Connor has been invited to spend his vacation in Seattle with his girlfriend and her family. Sooo...Rob and I and the little ones are packing up the Xterra for a week of touring through the jungle in Belize and another week on Ambergris Caye, relaxing with friends and doing some necessary "recon" for an exciting new real estate project we are working on.

We are leaving at about noon and making the drive to Chetumal, crossing the border and spending the evening in Corozal. Our plan from there is to explore all of the regions on the Belize mainland Corozal, Orange Walk, Caya, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo. We will most likely not spend any time in Belize City. We have no plans, no reservations and 7 days to spend doing and seeing ANYTHING that we come upon. Our kids are great travelers so this should be a wonderful adventure for us all.

I will be blogging as we go along and doing my best to post everyday. If anyone has any recommendations for things to do/see and places to stay, I will be checking this thread as well.

Wish us luck and be sure to check on our progress at www[dot]LifesaBeachBlog[dot]com. And we're off!!!

Road Trip Belize - Day 1
Road Trip Belize - Day 2
Road Trip Belize - Day 3
Road Trip Belize - Day 4
Road Trip Belize - Day 5
Road Trip Belize - Day 6

Road Trip Belize - Day 7
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I am glad to see you finally got the ATM to give you some money. The photos of the ruins are great. I remember, once, when my family and I had Ek Balam all to ourselves. It was rather spiritual.
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great report!!!what an experince for the kids!!!
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Lovin' your report! Having lived in Belize for 16 months, your pic of the traditional Belizean lunch - stew chicken, rice and beans, plantains and coleslaw - made me hungry to go there again. We have lived in Mexico long enough now that it seemed unusual to see the Belizian signs written in English. Although there are a lot of Spanish speaking people in Belize, English is the national language. Someone said, "If you just keep going down Mexico as far as you can, eventually they start speaking English again."

Great pics too!!!
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I am so envious of you and your trip!!! I just wish; but at 69 I don't think it's going to happen. We took our kids camping/travelling all over Canada and the US, so I guess that kind of makes up for it. If only we'd known about the Mayan ruins when we first started our travels!!!!!

I hope your children realize (someday) how incredibly lucky they are!!!

Can't wait for the next report.
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Today starts the two week school break that our children enjoy for semana santa and Easter. Connor has been invited to spend his vacation in Seattle with his girlfriend and her family. Sooo...Rob and I and the little ones are packing up the Xterra for a week of touring through the jungle in Belize and another week on Ambergris Caye, relaxing with friends and doing some necessary "recon" for an exciting new real estate project we are working on.

We are leaving at about noon and making the drive to Chetumal, crossing the border and spending the evening in Corozal. Our plan from there is to explore all of the regions on the Belize mainland Corozal, Orange Walk, Caya, Belize, Stann Creek and Toledo. We will most likely not spend any time in Belize City. We have no plans, no reservations and 7 days to spend doing and seeing ANYTHING that we come upon. Our kids are great travelers so this should be a wonderful adventure for us all.

I will be blogging as we go along and doing my best to post everyday. If anyone has any recommendations for things to do/see and places to stay, I will be checking this thread as well.

Wish us luck and be sure to check on our progress at www[dot]LifesaBeachBlog[dot]com. And we're off!!!

Road Trip Belize - Day 1
Road Trip Belize - Day 2
Road Trip Belize - Day 3
Road Trip Belize - Day 4
Road Trip Belize - Day 5
Road Trip Belize - Day 6
Road Trip Belize - Day 7

Road Trip Belize - Day 8
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