A cup of coffee goes a long way in the mornings. The one special thing about the coffee is that it is the same type of coffee you get when you are in Belize: Nescafe, cane sugar, and hot water. This was a nice treat to get the trip off on the right […]
When I first hatched the plan to ride a bike across Belize I didn’t have any experience with long bike rides, so I have been riding as much as possible to get used to the workout. Chicago has been nice to train in because there is the Lake Path that runs up Lake Michigan. […]
On the morning of May 16, we (Matt, Brainard, Joseph, and I) set out for the village of Santa Familia. The purpose of the trip was to visit with the community and give away several MegaVoice Audio Bibles to some people in the village. Apart from a close call on a swinging bridge, […]
Before we left San Ignacio for Orange Walk, we drove back out to Santa Familia to remove the frame from the column that Matt and I had helped to make. It was a great feeling to be able to pull off the frame and see a brand new, and functioning, column that we had […]
During a previous trip to Belize, Brainard mentioned to Nick that it’s cheaper to feed people in Belize than to clothe them. With that in mind, I brought some clothes down to Belize that my girlfriend Nat and I donated. As you can see from the picture above, Nat’s clothes were on the […]
A wise person once told me, “If at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again.”
Well, to get back home it was either take on the swinging bridge for a second time or ride an extra eight miles to the road bridge. With the sun doing its best to melt us, we chose to […]
As a preview for the bike ride across Belize this summer, Matt and I were treated to a short 13 mile ride with Brainard and his cousin Joseph. The ride proved beneficial in many ways, and gave us some insight to the do’s and don’ts of riding bikes in Belize. One of the […]
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Please know that you should always wear helmets when riding a bike!
Today was a great day because we were able to meet a true Belizean Cyclist Champion. The man we met was none other than Shane Vasquez, a member of the Belizean National Cycling Team. We were lucky to track him down because on Friday he heads to Venezuela for the Pan American Championship.
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