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A Look At The Different Lifestyles In Belize

December 12, 2022

Reef, Rivers, Ruins, And Rum—Why I Love Belize We believe Belize is one of the best places in the world to live, retire, invest, and chase

Belize Geography 101: Where Should You Live In Belize?

September 5, 2022

Discovering The Lay Of The Land In Belize… “Where can I live that’s close to the ocean, has a killer view, is on a river and near the mountains, in a safe neighborhood, with great bars and restaurants, without too many tourists, where I can walk to snorkel, build my own yurt, and own a…

How I Discovered New Confidence Living In Cayo, Belize

January 10, 2022

From Idaho To The Cayo: How We Escaped The Frozen North Here’s our tale of How We Escaped The Frozen North… We came to Belize from northern Idaho. We were used to nine months of winter each year. Now we have 12 months of summer. When my husband David first got this idea of moving…

Why I Decided To Retire To Carmelita Gardens, Belize

January 25, 2021

How Dianne Found Her Simple And Self-Sufficient Paradise Overseas One of the interesting byproducts of the coronavirus era has been a new, global appreciation for self-sufficiency… People who had never lifted a whisk learned to bake their own bread… those without backyards figured out how to plant food, even if just some herbs… salon junkies…

Living A Whole New Life In Belize

January 18, 2021

Potluck Dinners, Darts, And Dancing—One Expat Couple’s Trial Run In Belize It’s gray, dark, and rainy here in Paris… and it’s unlikely to change much over the next couple of months. It’s around this time of year that I’d usually try to organize a trip to someplace sunny. In fact, every January we hold our…

Discover The Charm Of A Back-To-Basics Lifestyle In Belize

October 28, 2019

On Raising Children And Building Houses In Belize I hear lots of parents and grandparents bemoaning the fact that kids’ lives are so regimented these days… how they are never left without supervision and more often than being allowed free playtime are shuttled from one organized activity to another. As we prepare for a brood…

Why I Had To Return And Make More Great Memories In Belize

September 23, 2019

The Affordable, Sun-Soaked, Caribbean Paradise That Also Speaks English Tropical, laid-back Belize has so much to offer… A two-hour flight from Florida, Belize is just a short hop from the United States (four hours from Toronto). It’s an affordable, sun-soaked, Caribbean paradise with lifestyle options ranging from rustic countryside to hammock beachfront. It offers easy…

4 Reasons Why Belize Is The Ultimate Adventure Destination

September 26, 2016

Belize: So Good We’re Going Twice Helena Hess was originally attracted to Belize for its diving. She wasn’t even thinking about retirement when she made her first visit to the country. But, the better she got to know Belize, the more she came to appreciate the advantages it offers the would-be retiree. Helena and her…

The Secrets Of The Self-Sufficient Lifestyle Explored In Belize

August 8, 2016

Paradise For The Quirky Expat Last week, as we opened up registration to our Self-Sufficiency Seminar in Belize, I shared with you some of the benefits of the self-sufficient lifestyle. While we’re basing this event in Belize, it doesn’t mean that you have to be entirely sold on Belize to join us. This is just…