What would my neighbors be like in Cayo, Belize, including San Ignacio and Belmopan?
Penny James - Better in Belize Eco Village
Belize consists of many cultures and your neighbors would be a mix of these. Your neighbors would be expats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria and other nations from around the world; as well as Belizeans (Creole, Mestizo, Garifuna, Mayan, East Indian, Chinese, Taiwanese, Lebanese). Mennonites are located close by, as well as a couple of Amish communities.
(Pictured: some of our staff at Belize Property...
Belize consists of many cultures and your neighbors would be a mix of these. Your neighbors would be expats from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria and other nations from around the world; as well as Belizeans (Creole, Mestizo, Garifuna, Mayan, East Indian, Chinese, Taiwanese, Lebanese). Mennonites are located close by, as well as a couple of Amish communities.
(Pictured: some of our staff at Belize Property Center, Cayo District, Belize)
Posted July 23, 2015
Wilana Oldham - Hot Mama's Belize Limited
The interesting thing about living in Belize is that everybody gets along with everybody so you may have a Belizean living next to you on one side and on one side you would have somebody who came from another Central American country or you would have an expat – an American, a Canadian, or someone from the UK or Europe. The Cayo District is such a melting pot of cultures and nationalities but everybody gets along. You do your own thing and nobody will bother you.We go...
The interesting thing about living in Belize is that everybody gets along with everybody so you may have a Belizean living next to you on one side and on one side you would have somebody who came from another Central American country or you would have an expat – an American, a Canadian, or someone from the UK or Europe. The Cayo District is such a melting pot of cultures and nationalities but everybody gets along. You do your own thing and nobody will bother you.We go out every night and say hi to each other. We hang out with each other. Your neighbors could be anybody but luckily enough, everybody gets along. There is none of this color situation where if you are yellow or if you are black then nobody wants to talk to you. There is none of that here in the Cayo District.
There are a lot of interracial relationships here the Cayo District because it is accepted. People just want to be treated nicely. If you treat people nicely, then they will treat you nicely as well. Because of that, everybody gets along. It’s kind of cool and I like that because today, the world is changing and we are getting more intermingled and people do not like the idea of getting separated out because of their religion or skin color or for any other reason.
I was born and raised in Belize and my friends were everybody. I didn’t know that there was racism until I went to the US. It really floored me and it took me a little while to adjust because I felt out of place for a while. I didn’t know how to fit in because everybody was being separated out. I found the US to be a little rigid and people are being separated out and categorized. There times when people would tell you that you wouldn’t want to live in a certain subdivision because only a certain kind of people live there or you would be worried about where you are going to go because of the something else. I love the US but my experience has been that Americans seem to be a little bit more race conscious than the people here in Belize.
(4th of July party at US Embassy in Belize, pictured.)
Posted October 26, 2015
Virginia Krohn - Villa Cayo Belize
We live in an area that is on the edge of town but with acreage so our neighbors are farmers with cattle and horses. Some people live in the small villages like Cristo Rey, where they are closer to their neighbors. Cristo Rey is a beautiful little village about five miles from San Ignacio with a lot of local people and some expats living there as well. I have some women expat friends that live right in and around Cristo Rey who are all single women. They have opted to live in a...We live in an area that is on the edge of town but with acreage so our neighbors are farmers with cattle and horses. Some people live in the small villages like Cristo Rey, where they are closer to their neighbors. Cristo Rey is a beautiful little village about five miles from San Ignacio with a lot of local people and some expats living there as well. I have some women expat friends that live right in and around Cristo Rey who are all single women. They have opted to live in a village rather than in the bigger towns but not remotely. They love mingling with the locals. They can have somebody come in for a day or two to help cook, clean, and do other tasks that they no longer can or want to do. It is a comfortable little village and the only disadvantage is in the closeness to your neighbor. You can hear your neighbors and their dogs barking. You would want to have burglar bars on your windows but it’s very comfortable and inexpensive. Some of my friends have bought little Belizean style comfy houses and they live like the Belizeans on a limited budget. Their houses would cost around $50,000 to $70,000 Belize (US $25,000 to $35,000). (Belizean style guest cottage, Cayo, Belize, pictured.)
Posted May 21, 2016
Hannah Weber - Vanilla Hills Lodge
The kind of neighbors that you would have in Cayo depends on where you decide to live and the amount of money that you intend to spend on housing. If you spend around $500 Belize (US $250) a month on rent, you would be living in a typical Belizean neighborhood with small lots and small houses. If you spend around $1,000 to $1,400 Belize (US $500 to $700), typically, your neighbors would be other expats or Belizeans who can afford a bigger home. They...
The kind of neighbors that you would have in Cayo depends on where you decide to live and the amount of money that you intend to spend on housing. If you spend around $500 Belize (US $250) a month on rent, you would be living in a typical Belizean neighborhood with small lots and small houses. If you spend around $1,000 to $1,400 Belize (US $500 to $700), typically, your neighbors would be other expats or Belizeans who can afford a bigger home. They would be Belizeans who work in banks or in various management positions. These neighbors would probably have more similar values to you. Of course it also depend on other factors like cultural background or religion. Belize is a melting pot of different cultures.
(Neighborhood in Cayo, Belize, pictured.)
Posted June 29, 2016