Hi every one.
I’m travelling to Guatamala and Belize in a couple of days and was wondering what’s the best mobile-data option (Best speed and coverage) around here? I’ve looked at Tigo or Claro. Do you have any recommendations?
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| 🌍 Region | Latin America | |
| 🚩 Country | Belize | |
| 📡 Internet speed (avg) | 15 Mbps | |
| ⛅️ Weather (now) | 🌥 30°C 86°F + Humid (85%) = feels 39°C 102°F | |
| 💨 Air quality (now) | 👍 38 US AQI 🍃 good | |
| 🔌 Power | 115 230V60Hz | |
| 🚑 Travel medical insurance |  Safetywing | |
| 📱 Best wireless carrier | DigiCell | |
| 💸 10 BZD in USD | USD 4.96 | |
| 🏧 Suggested ATM take out: | BZD 1,000 = USD 496 | |
| ☕️ Best coffee place | The Belize Coffee Co | |
| 🚰 Safe tap water | 🚫 No, not drinkable | |
| 👨👩👧👦 Population | 18,000 people | |
| 🏞 Foreign land ownership allowed | Yes | |
| ⛪️ Religious government | Non-religious | |
| 🏠 Apartment listings | Point2Homes | |
💥 We recommend you to take precautions when traveling to San Ignacio as it may not always be safe for travelers, more info | ||
| 💵 Cost of living for nomad | $2,279 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for expat | $1,115 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for family | $1,864 / month |
| 💵 Cost of living for local | $532 / month |
| 🏠 1br studio rent in center | $330 / month |
| 🏢 Coworking | $222 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $2,184 / month |
| 🏨 Hotel | $102 / night |
| 🏠 Airbnb (116 listings) | $1,949 / month |
| 🏠 Airbnb | $64 / night |
| 🍛 Dinner | $5 |
| 🥤 Coca-Cola (0.3L) | $1 |
| 🍺 Beer (0.5L) | $3 |
| ☕️ Coffee | $2 |
Hi every one.
I’m travelling to Guatamala and Belize in a couple of days and was wondering what’s the best mobile-data option (Best speed and coverage) around here? I’ve looked at Tigo or Claro. Do you have any recommendations?
Thank you so Much. For anyone else reading this, i ended up buying a 20gb sim-card from TIGO (79$) just in the arrival hall before immigration. I’m sitting now at El Peradon Surf House with 3G 10/7mb. In Guatemala City i had 4G/LTE coverage and 15/15mb . So everything turned out perfectly.
I don’t know about Belize, but I am in Guatemala and have been successfully using Movistar. For 100 Queztales (about $13 USD) you can get a pre-paid 30 day plan with 1 GB of data, which seems to be plenty if you are mainly using it for email, Waze and a little internet browsing. Movistar has good 4G/LTE coverage in Guatemala City, Antigua and Panajachel. I haven’t really tried it anywhere else. The nice thing is that I believe you can use your Guatemalan chip in Belize (and vice versa) without roaming charges.
Hello every one, me and my wife are looking into moving to Belize next year to try it out 
We are looking for quite place to rent, comfortable with ADSL internet or faster and we will probably buy a car if we like Belize. What can you advise? What city\village? Looking forward for your advice
Belize has an interesting reputation, it sounds amazing over the internet, and many people talk about Caye Caulker or one of the other Cayes to live in. When you arrive, you will find the country to be incredibly expensive compared to both of its neighbours. My suggestion, head down to the following locations, rent for two weeks each on airbnb to compare, and then decide for yourself where you want to live:
Cancun, Play del Carmen, Tulum, Caye Caulker.
Mexico is far safer (especially riviera maya region), far cheaper, and you have 6 months there for most passports. If I were looking at a long term living prospect, I would look at either living in Playa del Carmen, or Puerto Morelos (which is half way between Cancun and Playa).
Good luck with your decision and keep us posted with what you decide, and also your opinions of the place you do end up picking, as it will help others in future.
✅ Fast internet
✅ Lots of fun stuff to do
✅ Warm now
✅ Warm all year round
✅ Good air quality on average
✅ Spacious and not crowded
✅ High quality of education
✅ Great freedom of speech
✅ People can speak basic English
✅ Safe for women
✅ Not many people smoke tobacco
❌ Not safe at all
❌ Too hot in the summer
❌ Very humid now
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❌ Very difficult to make friends
❌ Difficult to do business
❌ Hospitals are not great
❌ Roads can be dangerous
❌ Not very democratic
❌ Not family friendly
❌ Hostile towards LGBTQ+
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