by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 5, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 28 Life in the jungle: First thing, I slaughtered the last broiler (meat) chicken. The last few days, I have been moving dirt dug up from the excavator work the other week. I have a lot of places to fill in. Currently, the dirt moisture level is acceptable for...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Aug 5, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 20 Life in the jungle: Today, I took a water taxi out to Caye Caulker for a few days of rest and relaxation. I intentionally chose Caye Caulker over San Pedro because there is less to do, such as hunting for crocodiles. I really need to do (mostly) nothing for a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 29, 2025 | Jungle Lifestyle, Life in Belize, My Blog
I originally wrote and published this post in December 2020 while still on my bike ride and happened to stumble upon it buried in 1,000 other blog posts. I scanned through it, made some edits, and reposted it. I officially started living in Belize full-time on...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 18, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 7 Life in the jungle: First thing, I headed down the road and finished yesterday’s chopping off. A heavy equipment company is coming in a week, and I want to make sure the road is 100% ready for their trucks. Then I mixed half a bag of cement and poured the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 18, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
A Malachite butterfly April 30 Life in the jungle: First thing, I mixed half a bag of cement to make more patio stones, and then moved on to painting the new cabana. After lunch, I went back to painting the cabana. In the afternoon, Andy and I headed to Isabella Bank...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 9, 2025 | Life in Belize, My Blog
My most current project is recently framing a building a small cabana on the farm. April 22 Life in the jungle: First thing, I moved cement mix for the greenhouse floor expansion as I was waiting for a dump truck load of gravel. Usually, I get cement mix...
