On Wednesday in Belize , the weather was a warm 28C, although the skies were expected to be cloudy.

Outside my office in Hamilton, the clouds are also slate gray. It is a let’s-sit-in-a-cozy bar 3C, with rain in the forecast.

For the above reasons, this is the time of year when Canadians dream of warmth and sunshine. Those with the financial wherewithal head directly south. They do not pass Go.

Some go to Florida, others to Palm Springs, and the more adventurous go to places like Mexico, Costa Rica and Belize. What visitors to the latter seldom realize is that these places aren’t Rosedale, North Vancouver or Westmount.

Masseuse Marty Thorne, 65, was a seemingly free-spirited woman from British Columbia who couldn’t wait to return to her beloved Belize, where she had lived for years a

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