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Hello Captain, I am Jane, the new Belize correspondent. I live in Placencia, coming up on our four year anniversary. You are correct that top notch health care is lacking here. My husband and I are fit and healthy in our sixties. We have no major health issues, nor do we take any drugs, but when I needed a neurologist for neck pain and my husband a dental specialist, we went to Merida, Mexico. We now go once a year for his dental and there's a blood test I can't get here that I will do in Merida next visit. We've had blood work here in Placencia and talked with the doctor and felt comfortable with our experience. I am a health coach, so I do know a lot about keeping us in tip top shape nutritionally and we both have our workouts. So I recommend anyone with major health issues to think twice about retiring here, but for those who just need checkups, go for it. And by the way, Cancun also has great healthcare, we just prefer Merida. It's fun to get to a big city now and then, so we do not mind the travel. Please let me know if you have further questions and I'm sorry you didn't get an answer sooner, but I just started recently. Thanks for reaching out. j

Hi Lacy, This is Jane, the new correspondent from Belize. I'm sorry we had a gap there. I hope you had an enjoyable trip. Please let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Cheers!

Hi, and great question. Okay as Susan said, it's also my understanding that the law isn't inforced around the Baja region. There are so many tourists and the region relies on tourism, so they tend to let it slide. However, please do your due diligence because there's always that chance that something can happen so I would suggest joining a couple of the expat groups on Facebook and asking the question of people that actually live there for an up to date answer of how things are right now.
Hope this helps,
Bel - Mexico Correspondent.

Oh honey have I got the place for you! Come to the Riviera Maya, there are lot of towns along the 160km of so of pristine white sand beach. It's an area of astounding natural beauty and it's safe. I've lived here as a single lady for 8 years and adore it. If you'd like to know more scroll to the bottom of the Mexico page - https://internationalliving.com/countries/mexico/ - for a full list of reporst, or email me:
Bel at bwoodhouse@internationalliving.com and I'll be happy to share my gorgeous part of the world with you. Cheers,
Bel Woodhouse - Mexico Correspondent.