"The airstrip is the key to tourists that will department from here to San Pedro and from San Pedro to Corozal. It comes right in time with the development project that we have with the Ministry of Tourism for the development of the area. We are planning to make it a major tourist destination and without a doubt this is going to help, this is necessary. -Dr. Louis Zabaneh"

"There are few better places for fishing, diving, or just sitting, enjoying a cold Belikin beer and a meal of rice and fish, a faint smell of wood smoke, and the rhythm of Garifuna turtle drums off in the distance. And there are few other places so close to the U.S. that feel so remote. You have to want to come here...either by small plane, as we did, or by driving from Belize City. The road trip can take up to five hours due to the last 16 miles of unpaved washboard-like road."

"A realtor I spoke to says this is the time to buy here. Of course he would say that. But his reasoning makes sense. Two things are planned that will have immediate impact, he says, "and buying before those things happen would be very smart." One of these is the paving of the Placencia Road."

"When he was filming Apocalypse Now in the jungles of Thailand and the Philippines, Francis Ford Coppola fell in love with the verdant jungle rainforests. He vowed to build a house in a similar setting where he could spend creative time writing and reading...but closer to home."

"On a trip to Belize in 1981, he found just the place: an abandoned property in the remote highlands of western Belize's Cayo district. It overlooked the waterfalls of the Privassion River in the Pine Ridge Reserve and was midway between important Mayan archeological sites of Caracol, in Belize, and Tikal, in Guatemala."

"So many adventurous families are finding their way to Belize -- a small (less than 300,000 people), peaceful, English-speaking country that borders Mexico and Guatemala, where the U.S. dollar is accepted everywhere and the exchange rate is fixed -- that the Flemings are launching a Mac Morpho Rainforest Adventure for kids and teens complete with horseback riding to ancient Mayan ruins on site, as well as offering guests the chance to learn how to make tortillas with nearby villagers -- after canoeing down the Macal River -- and planting corn and beans in the big organic garden."

"Real estate prices in Belize are rising, thanks to a surge in demand from Canadians and Europeans, especially the Irish. The phenomenon is apparent all around the country. In Corozal you're likely to see real estate agents showing property to European clients, and in San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, new Irish residents regularly meet at a local restaurant where they would have been a rare sight only a year ago."