by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 20, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
January 18 Life in the jungle: First thing this morning was making patio stones. Then I laid the cement blocks for the floor perimeter of the dirt bike shed. Then I got a message from Jamie wanting to visit as he had a day off. Jamie lives across the river and was...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 20, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
January 7 Life in the jungle: Today is my day off and I posted Belize blog Part 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 and my poem, There is an Ocean Inside My Head to my website. I feel like I should spend my Sundays reading. That’s what I used to do when I was convicted of taking...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 20, 2024 | Belize Keynote & Destination Content, Life in Belize, My Blog
Hi and welcome to my website and blog. My name is Arie Hoogerbrugge, I am originally from Canada, and for almost three years, I have been living in the jungles of Belize. I started my blog in 2019 and have currently written over 450 assorted blog posts (avg. 1,000...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 19, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
December 30 Life in the jungle: It rained all night and this morning was the coldest temperature in two years (16C/61F). And everything is very muddy. This morning I tried uploading videos to a social media scheduling platform again but the upload speeds were too...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 19, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
On December 19th 3 guests from Poland arrived and Andy moved into his new apartment (greenhouse). The guest’s names are Bob and Marlena and Marlena’s father Hendrik. December 20 Life in the jungle: I started my morning in the coconut field. It’s been a...
by Arie Hoogerbrugge | Oct 1, 2024 | Life in Belize, My Blog
December 14 Life in the jungle: I didn’t even know so many things could go wrong in a day. Last night I discovered that I had let my utility water vat run dry. I ran the river pump for about 30 minutes. That is more than enough time to fill the vat. But...