by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 8, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 13 Life in the jungle: I started my morning with some housework in preparation for a fire and health department inspection for my tourist license Airbnb listing. After breakfast, I weed wacked around the yard and did yard work (moved dirt) to stay by the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 8, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
On June 2, 2023, I finally got my own internet connection. This was one of my biggest priorities upon arriving at my home on November 25, 2022. The experience to get internet to my house was nothing like I could have imagined or believed. And the fact that this...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 7, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 5 Life in the jungle: Victor left this morning on his way to the bottom of Argentina. It was strange watching him push his bike through my gate. [Victor was a Warm Showers bike touring guest that arrived on April 3.] This morning I planted seeds. I planted 44...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 4, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 29 Life in the jungle: It rained last night and through the night and into the morning. The road is a mud bath. This rain has really screwed my immediate working plans. I swear between all this rain (during the dry season) and a lawyer that has me in complete...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jun 4, 2023 | Life in Belize
March 21 Life in the jungle: Last night, half asleep coming down from my bedroom loft to use the washroom I decided to step off the ladder a few steps too early. Within a second, I fell and was on my back on the floor. I cannot believe I fell off a ladder with no...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Apr 30, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
2022 was a really tough year for me. It would be my first full year living in Belize after taking two years to bike here from Canada. Arriving here in Belize I would end up facing challenges that I could never have had to imagine. I had a sense that my first year...
