by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 14, 2025 | Belize Keynote & Destination Content, Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
As an expat, the jungle living lifestyle is likely a completely new concept. Moving to a country like Belize is immensely exciting but comes with an entirely different way of living, from personal choices to cultural adjustments. Surviving the jungle lifestyle in...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 14, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 12 Life in the jungle: A full day. First, I went to the ponds and finished fertilizing my papayas with sheep manure. The road is dry. My brain has been trained to think that from June to January no larger vehicles can come down my road. The road is not dry...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 14, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
October 5 Life in the jungle: I started my morning chopping in the coconut field. With the coconut field freshly bush-hogged giving a quick chop around seedlings and the fence lines is quick and easy. Also, in a few weeks, I plan to start fertilizing all the fruit...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 3, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 29 Life in the jungle: As I always do a little outside work Sunday mornings before I mostly take the day off, I woke up to rain. I planned to chop at the ponds, instead, I laid in my hammock, and before deciding what to do, I was fast asleep until 12 PM. ...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 3, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
September 20 Life in the jungle: This morning, reaching Belmopan for my passport stamp I was informed that my police investigation was complete. I was able to catch the very next bus back to Belize City. I was stuck taking the 3:30 PM bus home. To describe it as a...
