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Jana Belknap, 53, traded the glitz n’ glamour of working in Hollywood, for the life she always dreamed of. Escaping Tinseltown’s trappings for a Caribbean island paradise – no more time in the high-pressure world of TV and movies. Now, her days are balanced, laid-back, indulging in one of her great loves: wine and cheese.
Trading the biting Boston cold for Caribbean sunshine in Puerto Morelos–located in Mexico’s Riviera Maya–saved Kristen’s sanity and quite possibly her life. No, I’m not being dramatic, making the move to Mexico was the positive change needed for her overall health when she was diagnosed with Lupus.
Upstate New Yorker Robin Chacon and her husband, Marty, love exploring Mexico. But a vacation is never enough. Instead, they prefer to live in a place for six months or a year, And that way they have time to really explore different areas of Mexico.
“I am a shorts and flip-flops girl through and through,” Laurie Carter admits laughing. Which is why she and her partner Greg Rankin love living in the Mexican Caribbean. Before, while living in Seattle with weeks of drab grey days in winter, her heart longed to return to the sunshine and warm turquoise waters of Cozumel, Mexico’s largest island.
Italy is famous for world-class wine, amazing food, and a heart-warming sense of family. So much so that wine tours, tastings, and pairings are at the top of most people’s list when visiting Piedmont, one of northern Italy’s most famous wine regions. To a wine lover like me, Napa Valley native Anna Savino is one lucky expat living the dream life in the heart of Piedmont...
“Come as guests, leave as friends.” This is Cindy and Dan Hines’ motto. It fits perfectly into the laid-back Caribbean island lifestyle they live on Cozumel, Mexico’s largest island. A lifestyle many people dream of. Which is why the Riviera Maya in the Mexican Caribbean is one of the top destinations in Mexico chosen to retire to. Yes, there are swaying palm trees...
Sunshine, year-round warm weather, great food, and Neptune's palette of vibrant blue hues. From light turquoise and aquamarine through to the deep cobalt and sapphire depths, the Caribbean waters are world-famous for their healing and restorative affects. That is why so many expats choose to live here—myself included.
My old life, long days of loud alarms and being a first responder running fire drills daily in the Navy, is over. I love my new life and am thankful for my little slice of heaven on Cozumel Island off the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. No more sweating, adrenaline pumping, running around ships. Here, now, I can relax.
I would have to say the number one question I get asked when I say I live on a Caribbean island is “that sounds amazing… what’s it like?” For me, it is everything I dreamed my life would be. So I’d like to share what my typical day looks like. I like to start the day in a relaxing way. A long walk along the shorefront starts the day out nicely.
It was the niceties of the Mexican culture, their manners, and the way they treat people that really shone while I waited in line to receive my COVID vaccination. Along with a few hundred others in my age group, we shuffled along an insanely long line. That is how it was run here on Cozumel. Each decade’s age group had a day for vaccination...