You will need a building permit.  Complete plans are to be submitted to the local housing authority for review, after which permits are issued.   Go to the Town Board and ask for zoning and other conditions that affect your area before designing a ho Read More

Practically free ways to travel more safely than ever...and the tired advice most people still don't follow, but we know we should :) Over the last 2 years of having friends and guests (and ourselves) in Belize and elsewhere, we have watched as new a Read More

Is sewing or quilting a hobby on AC? My husband and I are thinking of moving there and it would be nice to know if there are women that live there with the same interests. Are there fabric stores there? There is a group who does quilting in Read More

The Barrier Reef lies about half a mile off the winward side of the island. It is the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere and the second longest in the world. To the east of the Barrier Reef are three separate atoll reefs. There is also a Read More

Thanks to the Belize Tourist Board, here is a list of airlines along with flight times to Belize from the United States! Delta From Atlanta, GA (ATL)3 hours, 11 minutes From Los Angeles, CA (LAX)Flight Time: 4 hours, 40 minutes For more information, Read More

Confession: When I first came to Belize, I could not figure out why cars kept honking at me. Did I just drop something? Was I accidentally walking in their way? Or was it just harass the gringo time? When I finally asked a Belizean friend, she got a Read More

Belize’s high season for tourism runs from late November to late April, which coincides almost perfectly with the chill of winter in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. The high season is also the dry season. If you want some unadulte Read More

Stability Belize has a stable, democratic government, the economy in Belize is stable and balanced, the currency is pegged to the US dollar, the legal system is based on the British legal framework, and Belize is still an independent member of the Br Read More

The largest of the 200 plus islands of Belize, Ambergris Caye (Am-BURR-jis Key) is a twenty five mile long island made up of three main areas. Mangrove swamps, lagoons, and sand. European contact with Ambergris Caye settlers is documented from 1508. Read More

The Maya past, present and future are an important part of the Belize experience. This history of the Maya continues today in over half the population of Ambergris Caye. To the people here on the island, this is more than a series of memories carved Read More