Preperations for Departure

FOREWARD:

This is an account of my Significant Other(Regina) and my journey to Corozal Town, Belize. -The TWO HILLBILLIES

Belize is a small country of 8800 square miles just to the south of Mexico and borders Guatemala on the West & East lies the majestic shore of the Caribbean. Prior to 1981, it was under English rule and was called British Honduras. With a sub-tropical climate, Belize has a year round growing season with an average September temperature of 90'F during the day & 80 at night. The humidity runs about 70% making it feel like its 105'F sometimes. Corozal Town is 8 miles from the Northern border. It lies adjacent to Corozal Bay which is actually part of the larger Chetmal Bay of Mexico.

It is our initial trip to find out if Corozal Town, Belize is the retirement mecca that we have heard about. We had visited Belize City two years ago and adored the laid back atmosphere, the diverse culture, and the fact that they spoke the KINGS ENGLISH.

Through personal contacts and a lot of internet searching we have gathered mounds of data with benefits and drawbacks of living in another country besides the US of A.

Most of our reliable information comes from a website BELIZEFFORUM.COM
We have corresponded with people who have already visited and those whom have made the move to become citizens of Belize or Ex-pats. We hope to forge new friendships along the way.

Final Preparation: September 8, 2009

Today we are doing final packing, going to get prescriptions, flight confirmations and instructing the pet sitters on the nuances of feeding the cat and the dog.

The doctors office was empty, but that didn't keep us from waiting a while to get my vacation prescription taken care of. It wasn't a matter of formality, just that the nurse needed to have the doctor sign the papers which has to be done 'between' patients.

TRAVELERS CHEQUES: At the bank we wanted to purchase just a couple hundred in $20 cheques. Guess what? They no longer issue the $20 denomination of travelers cheque. They only have $50 and $100. So you are forced to spend at least $100, $150 or $200.

We decided to fore-go the cheques completely and just got some cash and use our credit card to be safe. We didn't have a lot of money to begin with so we are just taking $200. That is $400 Belizian. Now if we get robbed, we know it is someone that reads this blog. LOL

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I have been stressed out over all of the last minute details. I would like this trip to go smoothly, especially for my soul mate.