Have you been thinking of visiting Better In Belize? Take advantage of flights to Belize as low as $321! 

Prices from major cities have continued to decrease as more airlines open new routes to Belize. Below are prices for round-trip flights to Belize in September 2016 (*prices are subject to change without notice).

Houston: $321 RT
Los Angeles: $401
Chicago: $382
Denver: $388

“With a passion for building, I help people build their dreams”

Better in Belize Builder, Jorge Rosales

SPOTLIGHT ON JORGE ROSALES, BETTER IN BELIZE BUILDER!

Meet Jorge Rosales, our on-site manager and a terrifically talented builder in Belize! 

A native Benqueño, Jorge hails from the local village of Benque Viejo del Carmen. Jorge has built various wooden, concrete, and earth bag homes at our ecovillage. The first house he built at Better in Belize was The Dome Home, a 972 sq. ft., Buckminster Fuller-inspired geodesic wooden home. Subsequent to the building of The Dome Home, he completed the lower half of The Toucan House, a 1772 sq. ft., 5-bedroom, 2 storey wooden home that included extensive stone work and the installation of a cistern. Thereafter, he worked on a 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom wooden hilltop cabin; a 950 sq. ft. (1200 sq. ft. with verandahs) earth bag home; another earth bag home; and a 1420 sq. ft. concrete and wood home on one of the waterfront lots. . True to his ever-creative roots, this highly skilled and innovative Belize builder, is currently building the first "wattle and daub" home at our Belize ecovillage.

Cayo, Belize. Belize is one of the quirkiest countries in the world. Geographically, Belize is in Central America, yet its strongest ties are to the English-speaking Caribbean. Belize is Caribbean, Central American and, thanks to its history as a former colony, British. Belize City's roadways are built around a system of roundabouts, but shops alongside them sell rice, beans and tortillas still ground by hand. 

English is the country's official language. The 350,000 people populating Belize today are diverse and include the descendants of migrants from Britain, Mexicans, Guatemalans, Hondurans and Nicaraguans mixed with current-day generations of the Maya who originally inhabited this land. 

Belize is a sunny country that's easily accessible from the United States and the folks all speak English. It's also one of the easiest places in the world to establish foreign residency, as well as a banking and tax haven. You could live and run a business here tax-free. 

On the other hand, this is a small country where the infrastructure is developing. The cost of living can be affordable. However, if you want to live a more developed world lifestyle that involves buying lots of things not available or produced locally, be prepared to pay an inflated price for imported goods.

Source: Where to Retire Overseas in 2016

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• Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of loaf comes out clean, 60 to 65 minutes. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire rack to cool completely.