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...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 13, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog, Personal Reflection
The standard pace is for chumps I have huge challenges ahead of me which will make my life interesting for sure. But I have no expression of ambition in my life and it’s crippling me. Beyond kindness and generosity there are only a few people in this world...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
February 19 Life in the jungle: I slept in until 7 am. I spent a few hours working at the ponds. After breakfast I weed wacked some areas around the house that were getting overdue. I came across a pair of mating green headed vine snakes on my garbage pile. I was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
February 12 Life in the jungle: On my way to chopping at the ponds I saw my first deer in Belize and then I saw an agouti. I spent a good part of my afternoon with my chainsaw. I cut down pretty much everything that needed to be cut down in the coconut field. I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jul 12, 2022 | Life in Belize, My Blog
February 4 Life in the jungle: After doing laundry, first thing Heath and I biked 20 km’s to Rancho Delores to visit the farm Nery has worked at for the last 20 years. They grow like 9 types of bamboo. The bamboo is grown mostly for furniture but they...
