by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 27, 2026 | Life in Belize
August 25 Life in the jungle: First thing, I shared my The Ultimate Guide to Hurricane Preparedness in Belize blog post to Belize Facebook groups. Along with posting blog posts to groups every week, I also post a reptile photo to various reptile Facebook groups. This...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 27, 2026 | Life in Belize
A Ceiba tree showing off its impressive thorny trunk On August 4, the Belize River experienced an environmental catastrophe. I immediately decided to have a 6,000-US-gallon water cistern built. August 19 Life in the jungle: At 4 AM, when I got up, I discovered that...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 27, 2026 | Life in Belize
On August 4, the Belize River experienced an environmental catastrophe. I immediately decided to have a 6,000-US-gallon water cistern built. August 11 Life in the jungle: First thing, I shared my blog post, What It’s Really Like to Live in the Jungles of Belize, to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Sep 16, 2026 | Life in Belize
Yesterday, I woke up to the news of a large fish die-off in the Belize River. Somehow the river has become contaminated. August 5 Life in the jungle: I have been on the farm alone for nine months now. Being alone isn’t the difficult part. The real challenge...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 22, 2026 | Life in Belize
Breadfruit July 29 Life in the jungle: Yesterday I was in the city to pick up my bike after some repairs were done to it. This morning, I walked up to the village to retrieve my backup bike that I rode to the village/bus stop with, and chopped the edges of my road...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 20, 2026 | Life in Belize
A Ghost Anole July 22 Life in the jungle: This morning I headed out and chopped along the road. There was a tree that was growing and leaning over the road to the point where vehicles would soon be unable to pass by. On my way back was a rain shower. After...
