We are hoping to buy a plot where we not only can enjoy the rain forest, but also plant new trees and do some vegetable and fruit farming. Well, since we now found a rental house where we are planning to stay until such plot is found – or until we have to decide to go back to Europe – we can start preparing and practicing. … More We started farming
This weekend marks one year of our new life in Costa Rica. We landed in Costa Rica on the 28th of January of 2022, with a luggage full of dreams and hopes…plus a dog, a cat, and 8 kilos of Lego. We landed with the excitement of a second-life opportunity. An open book to write. So, … More The first year of our new life
Picture this. It is friday after a loooooong week of work. I am exahusted. It is 9 pm, I am in bed and about to switch off the light. I can hardly keep my eyes open. Frank has just taken Kika for the last wee for the night. In the haze of sleepiness I hear, … More Tropical adventures
About two and a half years ago, I decided to start a company to build database applications for biologists, NGOs, companies, government agencies and other actors in nature conservation. However, what do they need so urgently that they will pay for it? One could simply ask them. Right? Yes, except that I did not have a network in nature conservation. This is the second blog about how I am changing it. … More Volunteering creates a network
After many months of struggle, with constant ups and downs, steps forward and backward, little and not-so little panics and roller-coaster feelings…. Today we have many reasons to celebrate. We have written before about the paperwork struggles, particularly to get the drivers licence. The endless queues in full sun for nothing. The trips all over Costa Rica … More Reasons to celebrate
About two and a half years ago, I decided to start a company to build database applications for NGOs, biologists, government agencies and other actors in nature conservation. However, what do they need so urgently that they will pay for it? One could simply ask them. Right? Yes, except that I did not have a network in nature conservation. This blog is about how I am changing it. … More Not a minor problem : a new network
Yesterday morning, while walking Kika on the Playa Negra beach, I found this thing, which looked like a seed to me. But what is it? … More Found on the beach
Click the link below to access the (also brief) photo album Pincha en el vínculo para acceder al album
New and brief photo album of some beautiful wildlife around Heredia and teh Barva Vulcano. Click on the link Pincha en el vínculo para acceder al nuevo (y breve) album de fotos
A couple of months before our departure to Costa Rica, I got my drivers license. I was proud as a peacock, but nothing had prepared me for the Costa Rican roads! … More Steep learning curve
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