Jason Holland

As a “military brat,” Jason Holland had the benefit of growing up in Germany and Spain before returning to Florida for college and a career as a writer. But life abroad beckoned, so in 2012, he, his wife, four-year-old son, and two dogs made their way to Costa Rica, splitting their time between the mountains of the Central Valley and the Pacific coast. Nearly five years later, they moved to Mexico, first to the white-sand beaches of the Riviera Maya and then to the colonial splendor of the UNESCO World Heritage town, San Miguel de Allende. Jason has traveled across Latin America learning about the expat experience in places like Roatan, Panama, Belize, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and beyond. In all that time, he’s never visited a beach bar he didn’t like.