Recently, my cousin and his family came for a visit to Belize. When he told me they would be doing the Rappelling tour, I grabbed my son and joined them. I knew this would be a great way to spend the day with family, experiencing something challenging and exhilarating together.
Family Vacation from Hopkins Belize to Northern Belize
Summer 2020, we took a family vacation weekend to Northern Belize. We celebrated two birthdays and spent time with friends. I cannot say enough good things about our day trip to Lamanai. Lets start with the fact that you arrive at the site by boat...
Maya Immersion with Mom
Mom arrives in Belize! My mom made her second visit to Belize in January, just one month after our Christmas visit to the States. We had planned her Belize trip long before our Christmas trip so it was not intentional to see each other SO soon again, but certainly welcome!...
Hopkins Garifuna Immersion
After living here for a year, there are still a few tours offered by our resort that I have not taken myself. I've heard so many amazing things about the Garifuna Immersion tour from day one, so this past summer I decided to take the kids. The Garifuna Immersion is...
Applying for Residency in Belize
When we decided to buy Beaches and Dreams and move to Belize, we almost immediately knew we would apply for Belizian residency. It seemed like a clear path to saving money and hassle in the long term. And we plan to stay a while. The first year living in Belize...
Our Christmas in Belize
The Christmas season is here, our first in Belize. There is this movie that the kids and I used to watch -- Curious George's Christmas, which explained that the joy of Christmas is not wrapped up into ONE day; rather, the days leading up to Christmas, with the decorating, the...
Fay’s Belizean Birthday
Before coming to Belize, I was already anticipating Fay's birthday, which would occur within a couple months of our arrival. I wasn't sure which things would be easy to buy and which things would be difficult to obtain here in Hopkins, so I brought some piñata making supplies. I make...
Ziplining at Bocawina
One last post about a crazy awesome tour. As I mentioned, we are the new owners of Beaches and Dreams in Belize and we offer tours through our resort. So, the fun part of getting to know our new business has been taking all the tours (though I still have...
New home above the restaurant
When we got back from cave tubing, we were able to move into our new home for the first time. We stayed in a Beaches and Dreams hotel room for the first week. We were planning on moving to an apartment two doors down for the remaining 3 weeks of...
Cave Tubing
After the Mayan Ruins, we drove back in the direction of Hopkins for an hour and stopped for lunch. We were just a five minute drive from our next tour -- cave tubing. After getting extremely hot and sweaty at the sun drenched Mayan Ruins, it was a nice relief...