Rooted in Nature, Adventure Lived.

Welcome to Belize Jungle LifeI’m excited to invite you to join me on this personal journey of the adventure of living in the jungles of Belize.  Through my blog, I share my adventures and experiences of living the jungle lifestyle—immersed in a jungle, while encountering incredible wildlife like jaguars, howler monkeys, and boa constrictors, and discovering the magic of nature every day.

 

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About

My website

Welcome to the Safari Arie website as I attempt to document my jungle living lifestyle in the jungles of Belize.

The genesis of this website was to document my bike ride adventure from Canada to the bottom of Argentina.  However, let’s just say I got about halfway down before time caught up with me, and I had to abandon that dream to pursue another – the dream of living in Belize. 

Ideally, a website has a single focus to attract a specific target audience.  However, mine does not have a single focus.  Instead, my main focus is living life in the jungles of Belize and the daily adventure that naturally occur.  As a result, this website has become a hodge-podge of many subjects and themes.

Some of the categories of content that can be found here includes the following:

>documentation of my day-to-day life and struggles in the jungles of Belize
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Belize flora and fauna that I come across in my day
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documentation of my 26,000 km bike ride across Canada, the US and Mexico to my home in Belize
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assorted blog posts on bike touring in general
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personal journaling of how I interpret my life (a form of therapy) and thoughts about reflection and wisdom
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my poetry

Expanding on these categories

Life in Belize

My first visit to Belize was in 1997.  Later, I bought a house in the Community Baboon Sanctuary in 2003.  As of now, I live in Belize on a 42 acre farm in the village of Scotland Halfmoon.  Every day is an adventure and I do my best to document it along with lots of photography.

Belize – Flora and Fauna

On any given day, I come across creatures that I have never seen before, as well as creatures that I see on a regular basis.  Typically, one of two things happens: either my favorite photos get lost in the hundreds of photos I take on a monthly basis, or, after getting help with identifying an insect (for example), I have forgotten what it is six months later.  Therefore, this page helps me keep my best photos all together and serves as an easy reference for me to re-identify an unusual insect or creature that I have found again.

2019 – 2021 Bike Ride

On November 12, 2019, starting from St. John’s Newfoundland, I embarked on a journey, biking 12,340 kilometres across Canada during the 2019-20 Canadian winter and Covid-19.  After that, I continued south through the USA biking almost 8,000 kilometres along the Pacific Ocean and Southwest.  Then, upon entering Mexico at Mexicali, I biked another 6,000 kilometres south and across Mexico to Chetumal, arriving at my home in Belize on November 25, 2021.

Bike and Camping

Biking 26,000 kilometres gave me some insight to a few challenges and experiences about bike touring in general.

Personal Journaling and Reflections

This category is a work in progress, and at this point, I’m not sure what this will look like or where it’s going.  To be honest, the internal works of my mind is not a pretty sight.  In a addition, I also enjoy collecting quotes of wisdom and reflection, especially those that inspire better questions.  With that in mind, I hope to explore that here as well.

Poetry

Most of my poetry is not exactly uplifting.   Read at your own discretion.

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Arie H

For better or worse this is about a guy named Arie Hoogerbrugge.

Who is Arie Hoogerbrugge?   

Arie was born May 18, 1973 and raised middle class in the small town of Grimsby, Ontario Canada with 2 younger brothers.

The following terms in one form or another reflect who Arie is as a person.

Christian, introverted, passionate, alone in the world, risk taker, socially awkward, a thinker, broken inside, adventure seeker, organized, a farmer, lover of beauty, mindful, complicated, reptile and amphibian lover, freedom first, unorthodoxed, despises stupidity, podcast lover, accountable, poet, generally misunderstood, tree lover, probably foolish, minimalist, conscious, entrepreneurial, trusts no one, impatient, hard worker, blogger, single, old fashioned, ex-truck driver, cheap Dutchman, stubborn, loyal, serious personality, goal oriented, cyclist, lazy, romantic, fussy eater, photographer, unbalanced lifestyle, neat freak and has many failures and regrets in life.

Thanks for stopping by

Arie Hoogerbrugge “May your greatest dreams and goals be ahead of you; not behind you.”

 

Belize Keynote & Jungle Lifestyle Content

Recent Blogs:

Belize Part 160 (March 28 to April 4)

Belize Part 160 (March 28 to April 4)

My most current project is recently framing a building a small cabana on the farm. March 28 Life in the jungle: I spent the morning and a little time after lunch moving the front section of the...

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Belize Part 159 (March 17 to 27)

Belize Part 159 (March 17 to 27)

The day before, I started construction on my new cabana.  And we have been without utility water for the last five days. The feature photo is my ziricote tree in bloom. March 17 Life in the jungle:...

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Belize Part 158 (March 12 to 16)

Belize Part 158 (March 12 to 16)

March 12 Life in the jungle: I started my day by heading down the road.  I got a few large trees cut.  Only one more to cut - the biggest. After lunch, I took some time in the hammock, and later in...

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Belize Part 157 (March 2 to 11)

Belize Part 157 (March 2 to 11)

March 2 Life in the jungle: Before lunch, I wrote Belize blog Parts 155 and 156 and organized all of February's photos.  Before lunch, I also took a nap and woke up after 1 PM.  In the afternoon, I...

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Belize Part 156 (Feb 23 to March 1)

Belize Part 156 (Feb 23 to March 1)

February 23 Life in the jungle: In the morning, I got a bunch of odd jobs out of the way.  The main job was to add another water faucet behind the chicken coops.  I will have to move my collection...

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