Tag Archives: Mexico

How to Cross the Mexico / Belize Border Crossing

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What a morning! It started off pretty well but went downhill fast. We barely escaped a bad accident in the city of Chetumal, Mexico. The kids couldn’t care less but we three adults are still a bit freaked out. Whew! Getting thru the Mexico / Belize border crossing was pretty quick. I will break it […]

Mexico to Belize – The Road Trip

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We woke up at 3 am this morning and left Morelia before 5 am. We are trying to get around Mexico City before all the major traffic hits. The last few days have been crazy. Our friends from Texas arrived at 3am Thursday morning. Yesterday was a whirlwind of last minute packing and finalizing details. […]

We are Traveling to Belize!

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Here I am, sitting in bed on my laptop, dreaming about our upcoming trip to Belize. We are leaving on March 28th or 29th and we will be back in Mexico before or on May 1st. Brad is next to me talking on Tango with some friends in New York. I really can’t believe our […]

Highway Robbery in Mexico

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Maybe it wasn’t exactly highway robbery but we were definitely swindled. It was a bad business transaction gone awry. Our first yucky experience as foreigners with no leg to stand on. All we needed were two new tires for our truck. We now have four new tires for our truck. Two that are the wrong […]

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary

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Last Friday we made a trip to the Sierra Chincua Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary outside of Angangueo, Michoacan, Mexico. From Morelia, it is about two hours driving time. The small town of Angangueo is a special little place all by itself, so it made the trip even better. Many I talk with think of Mexico as a […]