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A Guide for Expats, Retirees, Investors and Travelers to Ambergris Caye, Caye Caulker and Belize's Other Islands.   This 240-page report will describe how to get there, where to stay and how to stretch your dollars and save money. All the practical details on retiring and permanent residency.

Title: Island Living in Belize
Author: Lan Sluder
Edition: 2007
Pages: 242

The Islands of Belize. If you’re dreaming of life by the Caribbean Sea, take a look at Belize and its 400 islands. Even if you have a bazillion frequent flyer miles, you’ll be impressed by the islands of Belize. The water is impossibly green and turquoise, and just a few hundred feet off the sandy beach the waves break on the longest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere. Enjoy some of the best diving in the world. Go fishing or catch spiny lobster for your dinner. Relax over drinks (rum is around $25 a gallon) and a good meal with friendly locals and interesting expats -- and they all speak English! Go home to your cozy seaside house with the trade winds rustling through the coco palms, or just bunk down in an island hotel for $15 a night or less.

Island Living in Belize by Lan Sluder is a 240-page report on what you need to know about Ambergris Caye (Belize’s #1 destination for travelers and expats), up-and-coming Caye Caulker, and Belize’s other islands. How to get there. Where to stay. How to stretch your dollars and save money. How to find the best deals in beachfront and sea view real estate. How to retire under Belize’s “QRP” program or get permanent residency. This eBook covers all of these practical details, and much, much more.

Wow! 240 pages of information on San Pedro, Caulker & other cayes, plus photos & maps

Here are some of the things you DON’T need on Belize’s islands:

• Car - you drive a golf cart, ride a bike or walk everywhere.
• High heating bills - in frost-free, sub-tropical Belize, the weather is like South Florida year-round.
• Fancy clothes - no shirt, no shoes, no problem!
• Expensive doctors and high medical bills - a visit to a doctor is $20 and the easy-going Belizean lifestyle is healthy ... and fun!
• Spanish dictionary - English is the official language of Belize!
• “Funny money” - the U.S. dollar is accepted everywhere in Belize.

Let a friend show you around the islands.

Lan Sluder has been banging around Belize for over 15 years, so he can tell you “inside” stuff most people don’t know. He’s also veteran writer on travel and relocation and retirement -- he’s written half a dozen books on Belize alone! But Lan isn’t out to whitewash the Belize experience. In this easy-to-read guide, he gives you the straight facts on crime, costs and pitfalls you’ll face in Belize. He tells you how to avoid problems. With this eBook, you’ll quickly learn everything you need to know about living, retiring, working, investing and buying property on the cayes (pronounced “keys”) of Belize, and you will be prepared to start living the Caribbean island life you’re dreaming of. Order this eBook today and you’ll soon realize just how nice and how easy Island Living in Belize would be.

Facts to Know About Belize

• Formerly British Honduras, Belize has an English heritage and English Common Law is the rule
• Belize is a stable, democratic country with a long history of freedom and democracy
• Belizeans are widely considered some of the friendliest people on earth
• Foreigners can buy land anywhere in Belize, with no problem
• Belize has no capital gains or inheritance taxes
• If you’re 45 or older, you can qualify for Belize’s retirement program, with tax-free benefits and quick, easy residency

EscapeArtist.com comments:

Belize is everything Costa Rica is purported to be, and much more.  For people looking for a young unspoiled nation, Belize has to be one of the choicest travel / exploration / expatriate destinations imaginable. The language is English. The people are friendly. The government is an absolute anomaly for Central America. It is a true democracy, operating under the parliamentary system it adopted from Great Britain (which until 1981 upheld Belize in colonial status.) There is absolute freedom of the press. Little, if any serious corruption. An intelligent attitude towards business and an absolutely astounding respect for ecology. It is in our opinion a world leader in its efforts to create a balance between tourism and sound principals of ecology. If you want to live life without Big Brother; Belize is the place to be.

There are few countries towards whom we feel a greater degree of respect. Its tiny population is numerically less than many of the world's cities. (Note that while the country of El Salvador consists of approximately the same land area as Belize, El Salvador contains thirty times as many people; with an overall population of almost six million people compared with Belize's 200,000. ) Yet despite its small population Belize manages to attract the worlds attention for its modern attitudes, stable government and respectful treatment of its indigenous peoples.

Lan Sluder is considered the Bellze answer man and was been writing about Belize before anyone knew there was such a place.

Aldous Huxley once said, that ". . . If the world had any ends, [Belize] would certainly be one of them. It is not on the way from anywhere to anywhere else. It has no strategic value. It is all but uninhabited."

Huxley would be surprised by today's world. If he were suddenly transported here tomorrow, he might be on his way to Belize the day after. Perhaps for the very reasons he stated but with a different value placed on them. Belize is terrific! Belize is like nowhere else in the entire world and there is nothing with which to compare it. It is as Huxley called it, exactly and to the letter. Ah, but what he said yesterday sounds so great today.  If you want to travel and live the island life there is no cheaper more laid back place to do it.

Good telecommunications, a great environment, real estate prices that are significantly lower than that of Costa Rica, the best diving in the world, the second biggest barrier reef in the world, a growing offshore tax haven sector, offshore corporate services, developing offshore banking practices, a soon to be established airport free trade zone, an international airport, an established free trade zone at the border-city of Chetumal, close proximity to Cancun, an archeological storehouse of Mayan Ruins (some still not totally explored), a polyglot culture that lives in harmony, proximity to Mexico and the United States, (the fact that we can actually drive from Belize to the United States has some positive values, especially if you're headed for Belize. The Pièce de résistance of course is the vast series of Cayes (islands) some of which are available for purchase at prices that are so reasonable they make you want to pack your bags and catch the next plane.

It is difficult to think of a better destination for the expatriate or the adventure-traveler seeking a place to be free. Island Living in Belize by Lan Sluder is a 240-page report on what you need to know about Ambergris Caye (Belize’s #1 destination for travelers and expats), up-and-coming Caye Caulker, and Belize’s other islands. How to get there. Where to stay. How to stretch your dollars and save money. How to find the best deals in beachfront and sea view real estate. How to retire under Belize’s “QRP” program or get permanent residency. This eBook covers all of these practical details, and much, much more.