If you are reading this, you are probably thinking about moving to Belize, so when planning my first article for Belize FAQs, I decided to try to give an introduction to Belize, sort of a definition of the country.
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I had decided not to publish an article on my Belize FAQs book, as I am often reticent about self promotion. However, due to the fact that I have seen a fairly substantial increase in the amount of material recently released, both as blog posts and as new books, concerning moving to Belize, I have changed my mind. Both when I started the Belize FAQs site and later when I decided to write the book, my goal was to produce a research and experience-based, more realistic view of moving to Belize.
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Recently, there has been some news in Belize about public access to both over water structures and beaches in Belize. In this article, we take a look at the national law, as well as some of the realities, concerning public access to the beaches in Belize.
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For many years, Queen Elizabeth has appeared on currency in Belize, and after the death of the monarch, there was a good deal of speculation about whether Belize would switch the image on its currency from Elizabeth to to the new king; however, this speculation has come to an end with the government and the Central Bank publicly unveiling the new currency for Belize.
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Questions about the cost of living in Belize are some of the most frequently asked questions in the many expat-focused Belize Facebook Groups and other forums online. In this article, I am opening up the financial books on my life here in Belize to share exactly what I spent over the course of a year living in Belize.
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For the eighth article in our Interview with an Expat in Belize series, we take a look at an expat who moved to Hopkins, Belize from Alasaka in 2000. When Tony Marsico first moved to Belize, the area in which he developed his first property was simply called "south of Hopkins," now it is referred to as Sittee Point.
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While the September Celebrations in Belize include some of the most important holidays for Belizeans. In November, there is another important holiday on the calendar: Garifuna Settlement Day. Here we take a look at Garifuna Settlment Day in Belize, as well as the history and culture of the Garifuna people.
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For the seventh interview in our series, we meet an expat couple who moved around to live in different parts of the Cayo district until they found their place. They decided to settle in Armenia Village, which is located along the nation's Hummingbird Highway south of the capitol, Belmopan. Armenia is set in the foothills of the Mayan Mountain Range and is surrounded by jungle, caves, rivers and wildlife.
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The sixth interview in our series, Interview with an Expat in Punta Gorda, Belize, takes a look at the life of an expat in the town of Hopeville, Punta Gorda in southern Belize. Here we have a look at the life of someone who is living in the part of the county which likely has the fewest expats living there.
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Belize is an interesting, beautiful, and quirky country located in the tropics, so it is easy to understand why so many people make the decision to move to Belize. However, while more people seem to be heading for Belize all of the time, there is also a real revolving door of folks who made the decision to relocate to Belize, but after a relatively short period of time here, they decide to either move back home or to move to another country.
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