Is finding a rental in Belize beginning to make your head spin? I know the feeling; I researched and considered several options while in the planning phase of our move. I even came as close as lifting my pen to sign a lease contract while I was still back in Canada before deciding last-minute that I would rather go to Belize blind and check out each place in person. Crazy, I know! Especially traveling with two children, I was advised time and again by different realtors and property management companies that I'd be wise to secure a rental before making the trip. Probably sound advice but I'm stubborn and always do what I'm told not to do so I came down just before Christmas (peak, PEAK season) and tried to find a six month rental. Hahahahahaha!

The first thing most people would say to me when I talked about moving to Belize was "How can you afford that?" The common misconception that you need a lifetime of savings to make such a move is just not true... and I'm here to dispel that myth.

As we settle in to our new place here in San Pedro we are constantly being reminded that we're "not in Kansas anymore". So I constantly remind myself that you've got to take the good with the bad. As much as we love the sunshine and beauty of island life, the downside is that we're always discovering a little comfort of home that we can't find here. (Or that is ridiculously overpriced.) These are the things that I highly recommend you squeeze into that suitcase or container if it's the last thing you do!