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...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 5, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
Bear with me as I fumble through this new dream and goal of mine. Most people when they look at their bed, they see a bed. I actually don’t sleep in a bed. I sleep in a hammock. But that is beside the point. For me when I look at my hammock the first thing that...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 20, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
I know, an extreme statement and what don’t I care about anymore? What I don’t care about anymore is my life here in Belize. I know that sounds very extreme given everything I have worked for. But before you think I have lost it, please let me explain. Of course,...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 13 Life in the jungle: Considering how hot yesterday morning was I didn’t not see this morning’s weather coming. This morning was cool and overcast. I started the morning chopping in the coconut field. Instead of focusing on the Sensible weeds as usual...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
When I look in the mirror I can’t tell if I am old. I don’t look old. Anyone would tell you that I look very young for my age. Some days I feel like I am in my 20’s. But most nights when I go to bed I think “only 30 more years to get through...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 5 Life in the jungle: I started my morning chopped the river lot behind my house. Then I went to the hardware store for a final load of 1×4 lumber for the cabbage wood project. I discovered by not running my water pump, pumping water from the river for a...
