Of caves and temples

Having a better time of it now thankfully. A local Lebanese / creole guy jimmy in town here is my man. He runs a restaurant and tour company and likes to brag about how he won the national grill master competition against some rich douchebags with $10000 grills. I...

Sketchy

So definitely no paradise here in Belize. Parts of it seem sketchy to me but maybe I’m getting old. Spent on night in Hopkins which I was expecting to be laid back and hippy but instead was shifty and run down. When I asked the crazy lady at the guesthouse why...

Ragamuffin sailing cruise

Just arrived in Placencia back from a three day sailing cruise from Caye Caulker. What an awesome time! Met a wonderful bunch of fellow travelers from Russia, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Cyprus, America, Norway, and Italy. We drank far too much and snorkel led a lot....

Perhaps paradise does exist

The four flights went rather uneventfully except for the super drunk guy on the plane in Vancouver who puked everywhere and had to be escorted off the plane by the cops! When I saw the cops I was hoping for something altogether more exciting than too much alcohol. The...
Looking for propety in Belize

Looking for propety in Belize

Yup I’m going to be looking at retirement property in Belize. Pretty excited about it! Of course I need to find out if I like the country first; then I need to spend a few months renting in the area I’m interested in. But how exciting! A piece of jungle...

Belize here I come

So in less than two weeks I”m heading to Belize, a small country just south of the Mayan Riveriera in Mexico. They speak English (it used to be a commonwealth country and the queen is still on their currency); they are ruled by British common law and it has a...