by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Dec 11, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 19 Life in the jungle: This morning I was informed that guests of Andy on motorcycles were ahead of their schedule and now showing up tomorrow. That put me into house-cleaning mode. This morning a bulldozer came down the road for the guy who owns land on the...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 25, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
April 10 Life in the jungle: The morning was filled with assorted small jobs. Before breakfast, I headed to the village to pay for yesterday’s delivery of building materials and to pick up 100 ft of PVC pipe to be used as an electrical conduit. I want to bring...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 23, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 30 Life in the jungle: Before breakfast, I was able to lay 100 cement blocks in the main chicken coop area for a raised floor. The purpose of the floor is the solution to dealing with the mud during the rainy season. After breakfast, Jamie arrived and helped...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 23, 2024 | Belize - Flora & Fauna, My Blog
Narrow-bridged Musk Turtle – Claudius angustatus Locally known as Toe-biter. The smallest musk/mud turtle found in Belize. To be honest I don’t see these guys often, but I found my first one in years right outside my house. A super aggressive species when...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 21, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 15 Life in the jungle: First thing I made patio stones and framed a form to make a ramp into Andy’s new dirt bike lean-to. I had to go to the village to pick up four broiler chicks. I (we) are going to start raising broiler chickens again. I feel somehow, I...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Nov 21, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
March 3 Life in the jungle: Even though this is my day off I started my morning digging my septic trench. I need my mornings to myself. Jamie from across the river now comes over Saturdays and spends the night and now Andy has his friend visiting from Canada. After...
