Yesterday, Cristina and I got a tour around the neighboring land, which is a small forest. It was awesome! After the tour, when we were back in the house, I realized that my phone was not in my pocket. … wait, what? … More Zip it
Some weeks ago we bought a camera trap. We figured that giving the wildlife that we can see around the house while we are watching, it would be teaming with wildlife while we were not watching. This is what we found. … More A day in the hominidus vulgaris quarentensis
If you ever visit the Neotropics, this book is a must-read. After reading the just under 400 pages of text you will have an idea about the tropical ecosystem(s) that you are visiting. … More How do the tropics work?
In these dark times, in which a small virus is putting our economies and societies against the cords, I would like to share these deep reflections from the Italian psychologist Raffaele Morelli (Original text in Italian). No need to add more words as the text speaks for itself. I think the universe has its way … More Wisdom in times of Coronavirus
El otro día leí un artículo bastante divertido en El País sobre como la cuarentena por el coronavirus ayuda a uno a entender mejor a los gatos. No voy a reproducir el artículo completo, que puede leerse aquí, sino ir a una anécdota en concreto que el autor menciona y que ha venido a mi memoria esta mañana.
El otro día leí un artículo bastante divertido en El País sobre como la cuarentena por el coronavirus ayuda a uno a entender mejor a los gatos. No voy a reproducir el artículo completo, que puede leerse aquí, sino ir a una anécdota en concreto que el autor menciona y que ha venido a mi memoria esta mañana.
De kop is eraf. We zijn tien hele weken op weg. Je knippert met je ogen en de week, de maand en nog een maand zijn voorbij. Afgelopen week was het weer gewoon werken aan het vrijwilligerswerk. Een nieuwe regelmaat heeft zijn intrede gedaan. … More Week 10. Tijd voor niets nieuws.
A good friend recently told us that he had become a “coffee taliban”. His main point was that in many parts of the world people have no idea what a good coffee tastes like. They drink whatever can give them a brain kick and call it coffee. Even if it tastes bitter or simply like … More Costa Rica best kept secret: incredible variety of world-class coffee
Corcovado NP is considered by National Geographic as one of the most biodiversity intense places on Earth. We have started exploring it. You can see the photos by clicking here. El Parque Nacional de Corcovado ha sido calificado por el National Geographic como uno de los lugares más intensos del planeta en términos de biodiversidad. … More New photo album Corcovado National Park (La Leona section)
Some weeks before we jumped in the plane towards Costa Rica and when I was drown in the correction of the exams, wrapping up papers and writing project applications, Frank said “we needed to talk”. And after what seemed to me a very long silence he added: about blogging, how we were going to do … More The thrill of blogging
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 