We should start by saying it is vitally important to actually GO TO the place that you think you may want to live and spend as much time there as you can afford. We learned from our travels in Belize that there are places we loved more than others, and they weren't necessarily the places listed in the tour guide books. The other benefit is that now that we're looking for property we don't get fooled by great sounding descriptions and pictures taken from the perfect angle. We can look at a place and say "oh yeah, that's the place right next to the dump", which for obvious reasons is not mentioned in the listing.
Going there will also prepare you for things you may not have anticipated, like an opossum watching you watch him for an entire night while he travels the top of the wall beneath the palapa roof. And bugs, there will definitely be bugs. Mostly, I use the "if I can't see them they can't see me" strategy of dealing with them, but I find that a little difficult when they crawl up my leg from the shower drain. You need to know if this makes you want to pack up and run for home, or if you can towel off, get dressed, and head down to the local bakery for a fry jack.
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