Yesterday I shared with you the reasons we are not taking our big US gas guzzlers to Belize. I hinted about the forums I found and the friendliness of them (or lack there of). I think that today I will expand on this topic and discuss the 3 that I check each day.

The first http://www.belizeweb.com/. This page has forums and links to local weather and news. I find the news and weather to be valuable to me, but the forums are slow at best. I have seen no new posts on this forum since the beginning of January. Pretty boring once you have read all the posts you want to see.

Next I found http://www.expat-blog.com/forum/viewforum.php?id=226 is a little more active and the people on this forum are generally supportive and kind to one another. I read it daily, even though it is not exactly full of active information.

The other daily read on my forum list is http://www.belizeforum.com/belize/. By far the most active forum. It is also by far the most informative. And unfortunately, the snarkiest. I find that there are some people who (possibly with the intent of providing accurate information) lean toward nay saying. There is not much support between the active posters. I have made some "friends" on this forum, and this is terrifying! I hope the people I have interacted with are going to prove supportive to us, but I fear their wrath should I post something silly or impossible. I just kind of lurk and read. Until I get on the ground and face to face with these posters I fear them like the debate team fears the cheerleaders. And those of you who have known me since high school know that is a fear I have gripped for 25 years!

Weather I make lifelong friends on the forums or not...I vow that once I'm more well versed at this "relocate to another country" stuff I will not become a forum bully! I have spent years with a mind my own beeswax attitude. I don't gossip. I try to build people up -not break their spirit. I think I'll push my way into the inner circle of the forums and then cheer on the "debate team". The cheerleaders have enough support. Just like high school. LOL!