by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 25, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 22 Life in the jungle: I was expecting to wake up to heavy rain. It never came. I woke up and went down to my hammock and ended up sleeping until 10 AM. My day was spent completing my watermelon greenhouse framing and fastening the plastic wire mesh. I was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 19, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
May 17 Life in the jungle: Because of how I felt last night before bed I didn’t set my alarm. While I don’t feel sick my allergies are really bad and it feels like I have a cold when I sneeze but I don’t think I do. When I finally got moving about,...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 11, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 30 Life in the jungle: Because of my late-night last night I turned off my alarm. Nery called and woke me up at 6:45 AM this morning from my driveway. Usually, he showed up closer to 9 AM on the weekends to start work. The day became a pretty full day working...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 30, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
In 2010 Hurricane Richard a Category 1 hurricane hit on October 25th. There was tremendous yard damage due to fallen trees. I was without power for one week. Truthfully all I remember is that it took nearly an entire month to clean the yard up and, in the end, I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 12, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 24 Life in the jungle: I had a dream last night and a girl from my teenage social circle made a very brief appearance. That inspired a quick morning poem called l should have told you. From there I went to the ponds for a few hours of work. After breakfast, I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 11, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
I crossed into Belize on November 23rd, 2021 and I arrived at my home on November 25th, 2021 after spending just over two years biking just over 26,000 km’s to get here. The original plan was to always keep pedaling south to Argentina but my relationship with my...
