@SusanBelize

This is a recipe for disaster. Belize is a questionable retirement destination except for eccentric expats let alone for young families. It is expensive, inefficient, with poor infrastructure, lack of amenities and commodities one might be used to, ... Read More

Back in the day I was offered a post with the Belize nursing council to consult around ER/ICU/Trauma care which at the time (2014) was pretty dismal.There were grim scenes at KHMH with the results of serious MVAs with really poor quality advanced ... Read More

Well Belize is not known as foodie central. The local diet is rice and beans with stew chicken, deep fried dough and Fanta. However, there are delicacies such as hudut which has a fish eyeballing you while soaking in coconut broth, cowfoot soup and ... Read More

Belize is indeed the most expensive location in the region of C.A. and Mex. This is easy to verify.It is particularly true for utilities,fuel and internet. Commodities are not cheap either unless you buy strictly local products. Medical is very good ... Read More

Well I don’t live in Belize anymore ( thank the hypothetical supreme being) but i will take a shot at this. 1. Belmopan is the capital. It used to be Belize City but many complained about dodging bullets and it will be under water soon ... Read More

GM EliseLouise, I try not to post here too often as it stresses Will. Because I lived in Northern Belize learning basic Spanish was easy as the locals don’t speak English day to day. Because I know French, Spanish was not hard. You can get by ... Read More

The stats for Los Cabos, Acapulco, and Tijuana are in excess of 100/100k. They are very low for Quintana Roo in general. This kind of regional variation in Belize used to centre on BzE with gang-gang drug violence. Not so much now. Home invasions ... Read More

Comparing Belize to Canada is invalid. The homicide rate there 1.7/100k vs Belize at 45/100k. Mexico is 22/100k with Merida at only 2/100k. As for crime resolution in general it is 70% in Canada vs 5% in Belize. In any event I didn’t leave ... Read More

My friends down thataway told me about this just the other day “An American national and his wife were at home when 4 masked men entered their home. The American national and his wife were attacked.The culprits demanded money and jewelry and ... Read More

There is nothing that Joe says that is inaccurate. Its a poor, badly run country. Home invasions ( aggravated burglary) are popular pastimes Mexico is poor but I have not had the money siphoning, permanent borrowing, and petty theft experiences here Read More

In Belize, people are the main entree in an insectivora cafeteria. Its not called mosquito coast for nothing. So indeed there are botflies. Plus sandfleas, and mosquitos that carry Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya. There are so called doctor flies and ... Read More

Belize is not known for food variety. It is one of the many reasons I left and settled in Mexico. I lived in Corozal and made many trips over the border to acquire edible steak, and all sorts of goodies hard to get or overpriced in Belize. There is ... Read More

Back in the day, I tried several options : flying to Bze and then a 2 hr 150$ taxi ride to Czl or my preference which was flying to Mexico City and then Chetumal via Interjet and being met at the airport by my regular Belizean taxi guy, or the ... Read More

Nope In 2016 there were 34 murders in Cayo, The population then was 94,500 So thats a rate of 36/100k The fact that Belize is a murderous country is not news That expats are now apparently being targeted, is. Read More

So this demonstrates that life in paradise where expats are increasingly targeted for violent crime involves living inside a fortress Only thing missing here is a moat with crocodiles. Very interesting. Dangerous country with a 43/100k homcide ... Read More