Dealing with homesickness in Belize

A local expat bar would have most of those answers , depends on where you are

Belize is overseas, yes. It has a different people, different coltures, different values, but, saying that, it is only 1 hour and 40 minutes from Miami. There are 4 or 5 airlines flying daily to different locations in the US.

Belize is not at the end of the world.

Also, here are thousands of ex-pats from North America and elsewhere in the world living happily in Belize and more than happy to give advice and strike up a friendship. You will also find local Belizeans very friendly and helpful.

Yes, there is an ex-pat club in Cayo that meet weekly to play darts and have  a couple of drinks, but personally I avoid that. My socialising inevitably involves locals as well as ex-pats. I believe there is also an ex-pat woman's club that meets weekly.

We have American cable tv which is ubvelievebly cheap and it is easy to keep in touch with loved ones by phone, internet and SKYPE, etc.

You can buy most American goods here or you can order them on-line. It is not a problem.

Lastly, your loved ones that you left behind will soon be bugging you to arrange a vist for them to come and see you - and they won't want to go back.

No, I don't think home-sicknes is a problen in Belize. I have met thousands of ex-pats and nobody has aver mentioned that.

Just reading the news from the US cures me instantly....

Right there with you, farmertom. I go on facebook. Read the daily horrors and embarrassments and thank God I live here. And we are super remote and financially struggling. Even my 14yo, who misses her friends and a few odds and ends from the states, says that she never wants to move back. She is simply going to move to the UK where it's not quite so warm.

I get homesick for Belize when I am back in the USA.