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Belize it or not: Getting away from it all

by Iva Skoch (RSS feed) on Jul 18th 2008 at 1:10PM

Greetings from Belize.

I took this photo just a few days ago from the plane (hence the quality), during one of my island-hopping trips between Belize City and the island of Ambergris Caye.

Check it out. Some guy built a house on a tiny island in the middle of the ocean several miles of the coast of Belize.

I think that qualifies as "wanting to get away from it all."

Can you imagine bringing all the wood and building equipment here on boat? What happens when the hurricane season comes? I know hurricanes are not too frequent in this area, but still. A big storm could probably blow this house right in the ocean.

I'd love to meet this person. I picture him looking like Robinson Crusoe. I would be very disappointed to find a white-collar dude trying to create his own personal tax haven. (God knows Belize attracts those people.)

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Iva Skoch Jul 18th 2008 3:19PM

You mean to tell me you don't want to read about ambergris, the "dull gray or blackish color flammable substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales"?? :-)

Ambergris Caye is actually named after ambergris, which washed ashore here.

But I fixed the link. Thanks.