Looking for a place to retire !

Hi, Naturallee!  Have you visited Belize yet?  Even though it is a small country, about the size of Illinois, it has a huge variety of environments.  From the flatter north, with plantations and magnificent ruins, to the lush and jungly Maya Mountains filling the central and southern areas, to the beaches running the entire coastline from Mexico to Honduras, to the islands which each have their own personality.  Within each of these areas there are many varied options, for your style of living and preferences in nature and community.  Neighborhood insects will vary accordingly.  Temperatures will vary accordingly as well, although within quite a narrow range.  One could state very generally that the days will be in the low to high 80s F, maybe into the low 90s, and the nights will be middle to low 70s, maybe the high 60s.  Ambient humidity will also vary by region. One is in the tropics, thus there will be a certain amount of heat and humidity, and a welcome and notable lack of any visitation of winter.  We looked around the world before happily settling on Belize.  We purchased our Belize home and acreage  in 2011, with a caretaker who came with the property, and have plans to move in 2015. Belize is not the US or Canada except warmer.  There are some familiar bits and similar bits.  Some things are simpler, some not; some cheaper, some not . . . we have this idea that it is a bit like the US in the 1930s, but with good cellphone service and decent internet service.  The people are warm and polite.  There are lots of expats everywhere, from all over the world.  Take a couple of trips there, get a feel for the abundance available.  You'll know almost immediately if you are going to "go Belizean".  It happened to us, and so many others, and all are happy to say so.