Many of you are asking whether the island here is ideal for living with children. Let's delve deeper into this topic.
At the beginning, it is very important to know what you will live on here, whether you have any income that continues from what you did before you moved here (e.g., IT, you have a company, a pension, etc.). You need to realize that it depends on how demanding you are and what standard of living you have? Did you buy the house on credit or with cash, do you have to pay it off or not?
If you have children here, an undeniable advantage is that they will eventually learn English and Spanish perfectly and fluently, count on it, even faster than adults. There are also Montessori schools for those of you who subscribe to this education, as well as international schools where education from this school is recognized in Europe as well. Or your children can study remotely or in the so-called homeschooling mode. And every six months, either remotely, online, or physically, children take exams in the Czech Republic. Some parents and children fly in person for retesting, everything depends on how you set it up and what suits you best. Your children can also go to school with local residents all over the island. International schools are more on the western side of the island, where the west and the center are more developed and there is more American and Canadian population living. In the east, it is rather calm and there are schools for local residents, not international, and this will definitely change over time. If you want to be here with children, I recommend the western side of the island, you don't want to drive the children an hour there and an hour back every day, it doesn't make sense in terms of time or economics. If you use an international school that recognizes the education your children will go through even in the Czech Republic.
Otherwise, if you or your children have any health problems, believe that the Caribbean island of Roatán is the ideal place for you and your family. Firstly, the weather here is very stable, where in winter the air temperature does not drop below 24 degrees, the sea is warmer than the air in winter. It is the greenest island in the Caribbean, there is drinking water under the entire island.
Of course, you can also buy American hamburgers here, I prefer to buy coconuts from local vendors for CZK 20 or ten peeled oranges for CZK 50, which are fresh. Everyone as they like it. If you are used to cooking, at the local market, you can get sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots, pineapples, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, and everything else your kitchen will appreciate. Just like you can get local honey or any seafood from our local friends, which is freshly caught from fish to lobsters, snappers, and I don't know what else. Having quality natural food is essential for the body.
Similarly, we are on the island, so the air that blows here, if you are not in traffic, is healing everywhere on the island, at higher altitudes or by the sea, as well as vitamin D, which is key to some processes in the body. About seawater and their healing abilities and minerals that take everything your body needs through the largest organ of your body, which is the skin, we don't even have to talk about.
What you really need is a car. You can't do without it. If you speak English, the taxi is more expensive, if you speak Spanish (note of the author - tourists don't speak much Spanish, mainly Americans), then the taxi is cheap and goes everywhere, but you need to know local prices, sometimes someone tries it like a tourist.
What is also worth mentioning, the sea here is very warm and suitable even for small children. Since there are plenty of resorts where there is very little water at the edge, even for small children who can play on the beach without you having any worries about them.
If you want to move here, I recommend that if you can, come here for 3 months, test everything on your own skin, and only then decide whether this piece of paradise is right for you or not. And even if you want to buy a house here. It is better to invest in rent for this period beforehand. And why 3 months? Honestly, in 3 weeks or a month you won't find out much. In 3 months, you have experience here and clarity whether yes or no, and also whether you miss the social bond you have in Europe.
So how will everything improve beyond the boundaries of this reality?