by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 15, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
November 25 Life in the jungle: One year ago, today I arrived at my home in Belize from my two year bike ride. What a year from hell. You can read a condensed breakdown of my last year blog post about my year HERE. Last night I got almost no sleep and then had to...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 7, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
On November 2nd Hurricane Lisa hit and I have been basically without power since then. Check Belize Blog posts #53 and #54 for more hurricane details. Sorry for lack of photos in this blog post. November 22 Life in the jungle: It rained throughout the night. ...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Jan 7, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
On November 2nd Hurricane Lisa hit and I have been basically without power since then. Check Belize Blog post #53 for more hurricane details. November 16 Life in the jungle: The power shut off at 10 PM last night and then Insomnia hit but I still managed to wake up...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 31, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
November 8 Life in the jungle: Today I was able to get half the coconut field clean of all hurricane debris. I finally pulled out the chainsaw to tackle larger branches and one big tree. There is still one big tree left in the field to clean up. I have discovered...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 31, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
Hi and welcome to my website and blog. My name is Arie Hoogerbrugge originally from Canada and for over the last two years, I have been living in the jungles of Belize. I started my blog in 2019 and have currently written over 400 blog posts (avg. 1,000 words each)....
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 28, 2023 | Life in Belize, My Blog
November 3 Life in the jungle: I woke up at 6 AM and did a walk around. The yard is a complete disaster with many mature trees down. The river lot is basically decimated. Virtually every mature tree is destroyed. Besides debris, only two large trees in the coconut...