The Belizean Chronicles:  Driving to Belize from Colorado

During November 2004, my sun Tim & I drove a 1979 Ford Courier to Belize from Colorado Springs.  I had to make a lot of decisions about what to ship (from Houston) and what to keep in the truck.  Then some more decisions about routes and driving times.  The Chronicles describe my reasoning, and of course, our adventures as we traveled from First World, to Second World, to Third World.  3250 miles in 14 days.

#1 Plotting & Scheming

#2 The Joys of Driving an Old Truck. Booming, Booming (Salina, KS)

#3 Oklahoma

#4 East Texas

#5 Houston   

#6 South East Texas (Into "The Valley")

#7 Los Frijoles Romanticos.  A Conjunto Barbeque

#8 South Padre Island (TX)

#9 Crossing the Border. Lost in a Little Mexican Town. Tampico

#10 Tim plays in Tampico

#11 Tampico to Costa Esmeralda

#12 Highways and Byways

#13 Pesos.  Sanborn's Travelogs.  Staying in Little or Non-existent Towns, Scammed at the Pemex. Stymied at the Border

#14 Crossing the Border.  A Free Recommendation. 

#15 Gimme Shelter.  Home 

#16 Settling In (Utilities)  Essentials.

#17 Ray. Cayo & San Ignacio. Hillview.  Customs, yet again. 

#18 Community

#19 Camping Out. 

#20 Customs at the Port.  Bottom Line.  

#21 Betsy & the Road to Cayo. The Maya Mountain Music Festival. The Players.  The Festival.  Driving Back. 

#22 Gumption Traps

#23. Musical Plans.  Progress. 

#24. Back to Chetumal.

#25 Belizean Batchelor Life

#26 A Musical Chronicle

New:  For VERY recent information on driving from the US to Belize, read this thread here.

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