Want To Explore a New Country? Watch My Belize Adventure Now! -EP.328

How's my hair on the last day? On the last day in Mexico Never mind That's it We all packed up I mean we, Julie and I Time to head to the border It's only I think 60 kilometers away from here I'm prepared I have my documents ready, passport ready I have no veggies, no food, nothing to declare Hopefully the border crossing will be nice and easy The most important thing is to get the tip and 400 dollars back I'm sad now Thank you Mexico for everything Thank you for having me Thank you for these beautiful memories Thank you each one of you who I met on the road For making my journey so special I really found my peace here I really needed it Yeah Let's cross to Belize now Okay last fuel for the border crossing Because apparently fuel in Belize is way more expensive So we're gonna fill Julie up Tanque lleno por favor Gasolina premium Si Esta tanque uno Esta tanque dos Gracias Muchas gracias Con tarjeta por favor Just to give you the price 21 liters here cost me 500 26 dollars 21 liters 26 dollars 110 zlotys Or Aussie dollars 43 dollars 21 liters Continue for 29 kilometers Fine I forgot I'm a I'm an overlander I meant to cross the borders Five months I didn't do that It was so good Nearly there Cars, light vehicles this way All right we need to we need to stop here And then walk There you go Julie There's a spot for you And we're all set I got my 400 deposit back for the temporary income permit And what was interesting I had to pay 45 dollars exit fee Well I had visa for six months that I applied for And I paid for But because I stayed more than 90 days I had to pay 45 dollars So confusing So long Mexico It's been a pleasure Welcome to Berlin Chilly we're in Immigration Customs border control That's the passport check All right I just got a sign from this gentleman that I need to go into the building We have to go here Are you hiding it? I'm hiding it, yeah I drove around the world for eight years now I like your gear Thank you I love it Yeah very nice Okay we're all done So that was nice and easy Now we're gonna have our passport checked With the visa Hello how are you? Thank you so much All right so I only paid like seven and a half American dollars 15 Belize For processing I think my visa But tip was free Hello Do I need to give you any paper? Passport And this one is for you? No nothing to declare No No snorkeling Thank you Insurance building is which way? That one the white one Okay thank you so much I can go through here? Thank you Okay And now we're gonna get the insurance Apparently it's optional It's not compulsory to have the third-party insurance in Belize But I am not taking the risk I always get insurance So To invite you here Wait Won't be long So everything is sorted My insurance Third-party insurance Was around 20 22 dollars for two weeks Which I think it's A bit cheap I don't know I think it's I can't remember what I paid in Mexico My insurance was for like six months in Mexico So it was a different deal Yeah Anyway 22 dollars for the insurance Around seven dollars Processing fee for the visa Tick was free We're in Tilly Tilly are you ready? Are you ready to ride another country? I love this moment when you cross the border And you just observe Continue on Philip Goldson Highway for five kilometers Okay And you just observe Like how this country is different to the previous one I've just been to I love that feeling Everything's just fresh Like a fresh start So good This must be sugarcane, right? Looks like it's Harvesting season for the sugarcane here The stripes are everywhere And sugarcane is all over the road What happened to the road here? I think this is supposed to be a Well the road through the water through the river So I guess it's being washed out sometimes Hopefully it won't rain tomorrow Really it's a clayish road Wouldn't be so much fun when it's wet Whoa look at this mud Interesting And here we have a river I think river or lake I'm not sure Anyway The campground is just nearby All right, I think we're supposed to be very close Your destination is on the right All right That is mostly the camp Let's go Oh, wow Cause it's a bird sanctuary You can get the birds We're not gonna get a rain tonight No, we're not, we're not No rain This is gonna be our first night in Belize At this campground I like the scenario So look what we have here My tent and Chillie are parked under this little shelter Chillie is very close to my tent I know She's never been so close But my theory on this If it's gonna rain We're still in the dry land So she shouldn't fall down on my tent Well That's my theory But all of this All of this was flooded in December Like a month ago So Guys are still trying to clean it up Here you've got like really green grass And here not so much Because it was flooded So yeah Chillie, behave We're still being very close to each other today Don't fall down on me So basically this is bird sanctuary There's a lot of beds here Because there's a lot of water Have a look Like Stuck water everywhere See over here and there and everywhere And they do boat trips And Yeah People come here to look at the birds I think it's a perfect spot for our first night in Belize Tonight's dinner Is cooking First corn With pasta My invention Today And we mix it all together So I've also I've added garlic as well And smoked paprika Little chili flakes Delicious And I found Mr. Soup in my car I've been carrying it Since the USA So For over Six months Almost What a nice dinner My first dinner In Belize Belize has a very different feeling To tell you Well First of all It's not a Latin country They're in Commonwealth They have The queen On the currency Them of Australia And New Zealand So interesting I have a feeling I'm gonna have a great time here Well I have a great time everywhere I go To be honest Chili looking so good Good morning I woke up at six Packed up quickly Because the rain is coming I feel it It's already like drizzling It is coming Let's get out of here I'm going to Belize city today Which is only like 55 kilometers away So it's an easy ride But I need to get some supplies from the camping shop Hopefully there is one in the city So that's the plan I shot right today All right And we're good to go I must say this place is very nice The birds were amazing I had like night birds They were making noises Like a beautiful noises You know Not like Aussie birds They just yell And then Head west Okay And then in the morning I have a lot of different kind of birds It was very nice In 400 meters turn right All right So During this flooding December All of this was flooded People had to evacuate And couldn't come back to their house For like six weeks or so And apparently they're dealing with that flooding thing Like once every five years So It's a big problem For this village All right we're going to this bridge road Technically speaking We're going through the water now look We're going through the water Oh look at this big bird above us Looks like an eagle And we're on the other side Guy Walking with the bike And I'm thinking maybe he's out of fuel And I do have spare fuel Continue for six kilometers Hello Are you out of the fuel? No What happened? Do you want me Do you want me to pull you? Okay Because I can You know I can If we if you have a rope I can just pull you Okay, cool All right, so you're okay? Yeah, I'm okay, yeah No worries That's him? With a cigarette in his mouth? Was that a cigarette in his mouth? Yeah, it was a peanut How is he riding and smoking? That's so crazy Thank you I'm coming from Australia Yeah, yeah I'm on a world tour I just stayed here camping at the bird sanctuary And I'm going to Belize city But I saw you like maybe you need fuel And I have spare Okay, cool As long as you're okay And your brother is gonna Help you All right, well good luck Thank you Good luck Well, looks like he's okay And it's raining It's okay I'm glad we're going to the city We're not camping today We still have 60 kilometers So my bra, my undies, my t-shirt are already wet Yep So strange to be in the rain Honestly I forgot how it is But now I know I think we're getting to the city center Yeah Looks like it's an important roundabout All these flags They're all from Caribbean countries Yep We are in the capital city That's for sure The traffic is bad I don't think because it's raining People are even slower Squeezing as much as we can We want to use the merch Oh my god It goes forever All right, I think Now we're getting into Take the next right onto Queen Street A mainish sort of area Like the real downtown In 600 meters, you will arrive at your destination Okay and this street apparently is like a sort of like a main street This is it This is downtown So we're just gonna ride through it Because it's not a walking weather At least reminds me Somehow it's got a similar vibe as Zanzibar of all the places Really It just feels like Zanzibar to me Nice This looks flash, chilly You have arrived Yeah, they even have a casino So you know what's the most interesting about my hotel is? That there is a cinema At the moment I've played three movies This cinema is only open Friday, Saturday, Sunday And it's the only cinema in the country My hair I arrived too early To my hotel They didn't let me check in So I went for a little walk Well, I'm actually at the hotel next door As I can see my one is just here We can see the bay And from here we can see the whole Yeah, Belize downtown I must say there's no tall buildings in the city I think I'm The one of few The tallest one here And I'm in my room One of the biggest This is my room And as I found out This room normally costs 150 dollars And I got it for 60 bucks Unbelievable And look at the view The sun is out The sky is blue Just my room So And here's my guide dog He's so sweet We're such good friends We are such good friends, right? So sweet Thank you for looking after us She says thank you too So