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Building in Belize

Frame of house being built in Belize by Mennonites – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingAfter we bought our property in Belize we were getting excited about building something where we could go and hang out
 
Initially it started as a cabin with enough room for us and the occasional visitors/family.
 
We began researching costs and wanted to pay cash for everything. After looking around the country at different types of construction, we realized our budget was not going to let us build a U.S. style home.
 
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San Miguel de Allende: A Colonial, Artsy Town Rich In Culture, Pageantry and Expats

Parroquia of San Miguel de Allende at night – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingWhen starting from where we stayed in our planned community in the agricultural countryside (“campo”), we would drive into the center (centro) of San Miguel de Allende in one of two ways, depending on whether we wanted to enter from the north or from the southwest.
 
If we wanted to visit from the north, we would turn directly onto Highway 51, which from the gates of where we were staying at Los Labradores is a modern two-lane highway with cars, trucks and busses passing each...

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Designing + Building a House in Guatemala - Part 5b

 

 

Zaqueo hired a third friend of his from his home area named Chicalo. He was to be an “ayudante,” or assistant as they are called when they don’t have a specific trade. Chicalo had only one working eye. The other had been irreparably damaged by a bungee cord accident. I used to work with eye surgeons, and one of them told me, “Don’t EVER use bungee cords, and tell everyone you know they are very dangerous and to throw them out!” She had...

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