Category: Living in Belize as a Foreigner

Scandals in Paradise

It has been over a year since my move to Corozal Belize and there are countless lessons I have learned here.  One of those particular lessons has been how important the culture of gossip is in this town among the…

Belizean Cuisine

I never thought I would have the ability to zero-in on the slight differences in taste of a plate of rice and beans based on the cook until I moved to Belize – if you have had one plate of…

Cost of Living in Belize (Corozal)

There has been quite a bit of excitement building about how affordable it is to retire in Belize.  A couple days ago Belize was featured in Yahoo Finance as an affordable spot for your retirement dollars.  I spent the last…

Avoiding Renovation Nightmares

by Amanda Nixon Amanda has spent the last year living in Corozal, Belize as an expat I have been in Corozal, Belize a year now and I am finally well adjusted to life here, but it took about 5 to…

Christmas in Belize

This Christmas was a fun one – besides the missing my family part – we had a great day.  The holiday really started for us on Christmas Eve.  My mom cooked a dinner for a holiday party at our restaurant,…