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Belize to Guatemala, heading due south?
I'm going to try to cross from El Ceibo(approximately lateral from Palenque)
It's a recently open crossing that someone suggested I try out as he wants to take a 4x4 group through, apparently all dirt and questionable road(should be fun  , and since most people going a similar way go through Frontera Corrazal it will be a bit different) but I may be able to make it all the way to Belize. If I do that, I would prefer to head south again, is there any way to cross from southern Belize into Guatemala and be closer to Honduras that way?
My whole route has pretty much been winging it, I had a paper map that covered USA-Honduras but I didn't look at any planned routes and just kinda followed the gulf around, I don't want to dead end and then back track in southern Belize if I can avoid it.
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The El Ceibo border is all paved road , from Palenque to Flores/Tikal .
The only way you can cross from the southern part of Belize to Guatemala is by boat : you can put your bike on a boat from Punta Gorda (Belize) to Puerto Barrios (Guatemala) .
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The El Ceibo border is all paved road , from Palenque to Flores/Tikal .
The only way you can cross from the southern part of Belize to Guatemala is by boat : you can put your bike on a boat from Punta Gorda (Belize) to Puerto Barrios (Guatemala) .
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Hmm. Well scratch that off my list then. 
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I was really looking forward to it too, was told it was all dirt.
Any recommendations on more interesting roads then? I'm coming down from Merida, Mx now on a CX500, I've got enduro tires, about 400km worth of fuel capacity, bit heavy, but I really want to get off the pavement again.
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All the "official" borders between Mexico and Guatemala are paved !
There are really nice dirt roads in the border area , on both sides . Selva Lacandona on the mexican side and Transversal del Norte route on the guatemalan side .
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All the "official" borders between Mexico and Guatemala are paved !
There are really nice dirt roads in the border area , on both sides . Selva Lacandona on the mexican side and Transversal del Norte route on the guatemalan side .
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Hmm. Does the Transversal del Norte head approximately south, or towards Honduras?
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The Transversal del Norte starts pretty close to the Mexican border (La Mesilla) and crosses the whole country until 1 h north of Rio Dulce . From Rio Dulce you are 2 h away from Honduras .
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