by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 15, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
December 10 Life in the jungle: I went to bed late last night but I am now setting my alarm for 5:30 am. I have too much work to do and am only too eager to get the day started. I started my morning the usual way, chopping in the coconut field until my hands were...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 15, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
So it’s been almost 3 months since I arrived at my home in Belize after a little bit more than 2 years of biking across Canada and down through the USA and Mexico. More or less only accomplishing about 50% of my original route and kilometers planned. Back on...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 15, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
December 5 Life in the jungle: This morning I got 100% of my coconut field cleaned except for a few small/medium trees that I need a chainsaw for. The next job is to start cleaning the far [new] fence line that backs the jungle. I won’t remove any mature trees to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 15, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
December 1 Life in the jungle: I started my morning chopping the coconut field as usual. I got a lot of trees de-vined. I seen the black tail of large snake in some vegetation. At first, I thought it was a large boa. The next view I got as it slithered through the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 14, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
On November 25th I arrived home after biking for over 2 years on the road to get here. November 27 Life in the jungle: Perfect weather today. I got an early start and started de-vining my coconut trees. I got a pretty good section completed between working the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Feb 14, 2022 | 2019-2021 Bike Ride, Life in Belize, My Blog
I have just spent the last 8 days at a hostel in Chetumal and am prepared to leave and enter Belize. November 23 Destination – Buena Vista Km’s pedalled – 55 km’s (14 km’s Mexico/ 41 km’s Belize) Some Notes – I left the hostel at 10:15 am and arrived at...
