About the Author

Lan Sluder has been reporting on and writing about Belize for more than a quarter century. The author of 18 books and ebooks on Belize, Sluder has helped many people plan the adventure of a lifetime in this fascinating little English-speaking country on the Caribbean Coast of Central America. Over the years, Sluder has personally stayed in more than 250 hotels, resorts, inns, guesthouses and lodges in Belize and has visited and toured hundreds more. He has eaten at most of the restaurants in Belize and has visited every corner of the country, most many times. Among Lan Sluder's Belize books, besides this one, are Lan Sluder's Guide to Belize; Fodor's Belize; Lan Sluder's Guide to the Cayes, Coast and Beaches of Belize; Lan Sluder's Guide to Mainland Belize; Easy Belize: How to Live, Retire, Work and Buy Property in Belize, the English Speaking, Frost Free Paradise on the Caribbean Coast; Living Abroad in Belize; Adapter Kit: Belize; San Pedro Cool and Belize Book of Lists. Sluder is also founder, editor and publisher of Belize First Magazine - a web edition is at www.belizefirst.com. In addition to his books on Belize, Sluder has authored several books on Asheville and the North Carolina mountains, including Amazing Asheville; Asheville Relocation, Retirement and Visitor Guide; and Moving to the Mountains. He wrote Frommer's Best Beach Vacations: Carolinas and Georgia, Fodor's InFocus Great Smoky Mountains National Park and co-authored Fodor's The Carolinas & Georgia. His Asheville website is www.amazingasheville.net. Also, he has written a book on the game of bridge, Play Bridge Today, and a book on vintage Rolls Royce and Bentley motorcars, Buy a Classic Rolls Royce or Bentley. A former business newspaper editor and reporter in New Orleans, Sluder has contributed articles on travel, retirement and business subjects to media around the world, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Where to Retire, Canada's Globe and Mail, Bangkok Post, The Tico Times, Charlotte Observer, TravelChannel.com and Caribbean Travel & Life. Sluder was educated at Duke University and in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. When not in Belize or traveling elsewhere, Sluder lives on a mountain farm near Asheville, N.C., with wife Sheila M. Lambert, an attorney.