Editor’s note: This article is part of an ongoing series on retiring abroad. To see all the stories in the series, jump to the end.
In the hilarious and harrowing 2013 film August: Osage County, Juliette Lewis, who plays Meryl Streep’s dreamy youngest daughter, is willing to overlook her fiancé’s considerable transgressions as long as he fulfills his promise to take her to … Belize. There’s little to suggest that she knows much about the sliver of this Central American country. Still, her stated ambition elicits knowing laughter, because for many, Belize represents nirvana — the ultimate place to escape the rat race and enjoy a barefoot, beautiful life.
