For anyone considering living or retiring to a Caribbean island, this book offers advice on how to plan and research. Sydney Hunt left behind the hectic life of a successful American city businessman and retired to the small Caribbean island of Virgin Gorda (British Virgin Islands) 18 years ago.
Pre-plan your plan; off the earth again; how to choose your island; how to choose your site for home, rental or condo; mindsweeping is the start; advice from other home-builders; what to do while waiting; accents, dialects and patois; the way it's done...local customs; cost of living, full time, short time; in the kitchen...recipes; in the garden..goats; as time goes by; post-script.