Date:         Mon, 6 Dec 2010 12:56:40 -0800
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Advice for traveling to Belize
Comments: To: "steve@eurocampers.com" <steve@eurocampers.com>
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  Very true.

  Not certain this pertains to Beliz, but Mexico, I know from
experience...it is very difficult to work there if you are foreign and do
not have a work visa...which is extremely difficult to get.
 Mexico, for certain, is  very strict in it's immigration laws and it's also
quite strict about import duty on parts.

  If anyone should happen around when you are under the van working, be sure
to tell them it is your van, or your brother's or some such.  Canadians are
better received down that way than Americans...if that concerns you..

  Have fun...I met some Belizians in the past...great peeps..fun to see and
hear central americans speaking British English...

  Don Hanson

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:18 AM, steve@eurocampers.com <
steve@eurocampers.com> wrote:

> If they ask when you arrive, tell them you are there for vacation.
> If you say you are there to fix a Vanagon, they may require a work
> permit.
>
> If you are bringing parts and tools, it may give you away.  Best to
> check before you go.
>
>
> Steve
> SKL Enterprises Inc.
> http://EuroCampers.com
>
> 888-797-5994 - orders
> 636-337-7700 - customer service
>
>
> On Dec 6, 2010, at 12:34 PM, Ken Wilford wrote:
>
>  Although a road trip to Belize would be epic, I am actually flying
>> down
>> there with my wife and repairing a Vanagon that is already down there.
>> Sorry my trip isn't as exciting as you imagined, but it is exciting to
>> me.  I think it will still be an adventure without taking the better
>> part of a year trying to get down there :-)
>>
>> You think about it, it is not as far as California driving, but the
>> roads are sketchy at best and then there would be getting through
>> Mexico
>> in a Vanagon, which would not be something I would want to attempt
>> right
>> now.  Maybe when I get a 50 cal machine gun turret mounted on the
>> roof.
>> Then we will see.
>>
>> Ken Wilford
>> John 3:16
>> www.vanagain.com
>>
>>