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North America

After living and traveling in the northwest corner of North America all my life, it's only natural that I start my journey here - from my home in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is an amazingly large and diverse area which includes 3 countries; Canada, United States and Mexico. Here are a few statistics:

The North American continent is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean.

It covers an area of about 24,700,000 km² (9,536,723 mi²), or about 4.8 percent of the planet's surface. It is the third-largest continent in area, after Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Mt. McKinley, Alaska, US is the highest elevation at 6194 m (20,321 ft), while the lowest is Death Valley, California, US at 86 m (282 ft) below sea level.

As of July 2005, its population was estimated at over 514,000,000.



Chetumal, Mexico

Thursday Nov. 30, 2006

The road from Palenque to Chetumal was long and unusually fast across the lowlands of the Yucatan peninsula. It was along this highway that Chris and I decided it was time to go our separate ways. We had enjoyed each others company in Puerto Vallarta, but as we traveled together we realized that our schedules were just a little different.

I chose not to go further north into the touristy areas and was looking forward to getting into Belize to see the tropical Caribbean. Upon arriving in Chetumal, my first impression of the coast was of slight disappointment as there were no beaches. It was here that my laptop's power converter/charger kicked the bucket and I spent the better part of the next day finding a replacement for $120 US before riding the last stretch of Mexican road over the bridge into English speaking Belize.

And so ends the North American stage of my journey. After 67 days of travel so far, I'm looking forward to Central America.

Border crossing out of Mexico Aged Mexican Navy

Hello Belize


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