San Pedro Cool is the first and only visitor guide to Ambergris Caye, Belize. The author, a Belize expert who has done five other books on Belize, rates and reviews every hotel on the island and covers the best beaches, dive and snorkel spots, restaurants, tours, clubs and activities. This candid, up-to-date guidebook has maps of the island, info on how to get there and many photos. Plus, if you're also thinking about visiting nearby Caye Caulker, this book includes a "miniguide" to Caye Caulker, including recommendations on hotels, restaurants and dive shops. Another bonus is a section on how to buy property, live or retire in Belize.
Lan Sluder is a writer who specializes in books on travel and retirement, especially in Belize and the Southeastern United States. He is the author of more than a dozen books and eBooks on Belize. Among his Belize books are Fodor's Belize, Living Abroad in Belize, Adapter Kit: Belize, Belize Island Guide, Easy Belize, San Pedro Cool and Belize First Guide to Mainland. Sluder is also founder, editor and publisher of Belize First Magazine -- Web edition at www.belizefirst.com.
A former business newspaper editor in New Orleans, Sluder has contributed articles on travel, retirement and business subjects to publications around the world, including The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, Where to Retire, Globe and Mail, St. Petersburg Times, Bangkok Post, The Tico Times, Newsday and Caribbean Travel & Life. In addition, he also authored the travel guides InFocus Great Smoky Mountains National Park and Frommer's Best Beach Vacations: Carolinas and Georgia and co-authored several editions of Fodors's The Carolinas & Georgia. When not in Belize or traveling elsewhere in the world, he lives on a mountain farm near Asheville, North Carolina.
