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Hey Guys thanks for the info, Still in Guadalajara at the moment so will miss Dean, but still planning on heading up that way in about a week or two, so keep a watch on this space for a status update on the area, and what the roads are like! think we will try the BZ route also, useful info on not telling them about Guatamala. from what i heard there is still border dispute going on between the two.
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.....from what i heard there is still border dispute going on between the two.
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GT was carpet bombing the entire N-S border last week using DC-3s taken from drug runners. BZ has blockaded Puerto Barrios, and is using hunter subs they aquired from the Chinese last year.........
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GT-BZ borderconflict
Lonerider are you sure they still have the Chinese subs?
I thought they had to be returned due to excessive lead levels in the paint and were exchanged for subs from the Swiss navy.
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Belize and Guat have history of annimosity. Guate claim Belize as their territory. Britain continued to maintain troops and Harrier jets there long after
Belize was fully independent. Don't know it the Brit commandos and Harriers I saw there in the late 70's are still there today. Perhaps Sjoerd knows. I spent a month in Belize, mostly on Caye Caulker, diving.
The only reason Guate. has not invaded Belize is pressure from the US State Dept. Carrot/Stick diplomacy, a US speciality
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Belize used to be called British Honduras before independence, but is still a member of the British Commonwealth, coins carry the cameo of the English monarch.
For years Guatemala required that all road maps , even those not issued by the government , carried a stamp saying that the border with Br.Hon. and then with Belize was still under dispute. In the 1990s an agreement of sorts was reached which had Guatemala recognize the legitimacy of the border.
I have never seen the Harrier jets but there is always a British military presence, choppers and land troops based near the airport south of BZ City who use Belize as a tropical training ground and provide the military muscle to discourage any tendency for a resurgence of Guatemalan claims which might arise.
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Hey Irish
Hey man. I am off to Guatemala tomorrow through Copan. The ruins here were cool.
We should meet each other in Belize, I'd imagine. Take care man.
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Kev
You staying with garrydymond in Mex City next week, ariving Wednesday? He mentioned some Irish guy. Must be you?! Might bump into you then. I'm arriving tomorrow, I hope, and will probably push off next week to do Guatemala then Belize. maybe our paths will cross...?
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