"Kevin McCloud travels the globe, meeting people who have relocated to the most surprising and unlikely places in pursuit of a pared down existence, off-grid and out of the rat race"
Last week was Tonga.
This week I think will be Chile.
Worth watching.
It's a bit like Survivor meets Swill Family Robinson. Edit: SwiSS Family Robinson that is, lol
It was actually in Belize.
"In Belize the Atkinson family drive to a rubbish dump to glean materials for their “earth ship”, a fantastical Gaudíesque building built largely of tyres and bottles. As the girls, aged nine and 11, pick their way through rats and broken glass, no one warns them to be careful.
“There is a moral question,” admits McCloud. “Would the children have chosen this life? But I think it is every parent’s duty to make decisions for their offspring and I think any parent of a child who is stuck to a screen in their bedroom would be attracted to the life these kids have.
I’d say all of them will go into whatever world they choose as adults with tremendous maturity and ease. When you’ve had to kill a snake with a machete aged eight, you’ll be OK.”
Belize has a diverse society, composed of many cultures and languages that reflect its rich history. Originally part of theBritish Empire, it shares a common colonial history with other Anglophone Caribbean countries. From 1862 to 1973 the area went by the name of British Honduras. It became an independent Commonwealth realm in 1981, retaining Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
Belize is considered a Central American and Caribbean nation with strong ties to both the Latin American and Caribbean regions.[7] It is a member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), and the Central American Integration System (SICA), the only country to hold full membership in all three regional organisations.
