There is something absolutely refreshing and invigorating about being a nobody in an organization. You are not expected to attend meetings, you do not need to make any decisions and basically you are the only owner of your agenda. Nobody expects anything from you and, I would even say, most of the people would not … More The blessing of job downgrading
Zo zijn we weer een weekje verder. Een week waar niet zo heel veel over te vertellen valt. We hebben onze dagen aan het vrijwilligerswerk besteed en het gaat allemaal snel vooruit. In het weekend hebben we vrijwel niets gedaan. Ik wil niet verwend klinken, maar het was bijna een saaie week. ‘Gelukkig’ gooide het Coronavirus roet in het eten. … More Week 9. Het werd bijna saai
It is 4 pm. The sun is finally not melting the roads and the temperature has finally gone down to an agreeable and “fresh” 30 degrees. So, it is rush hour in monkey highway. Our house seems to be located in what looks like a wildlife corridor. While in our previous house we had had … More It’s rush hour in the monkey highway!
Click this link to get a peek on our new neighbors. Spoiler alert: No scary insects and spiders. This is much more exotic and “tropical” than Guanacaste.
Yesterday, Friday the 13th, we got unexpected news. Osa Conservation went into lockdown. Because of the Coronavirus pandemic. It meant that everybody had one day to choose whether to work and be confined to Piro station until the end of April, or to work from home. … More Not just the cat got sick
Deze week hebben Cristina en ik ons in een nieuw vrijwilligerswerkritme gewerkt. De dagen krijgen een andere regelmaat en het werk schiet op. Frank gaat op schildpadpatrouille. De zonsondergangen zijn weer niet mis, maar met de bus is van alles mis. … More Week 8. Nieuwe routines en schildpad patrouilles
This post is also in English. Para evitar grandes decepciones, debo avisar que este blog no trata de túneles del tiempo o máquinas que permitan trasladarse a otra época. No. No. … More Viajando en el tiempo
To avoid major disappointments, I must warn you that this blog is not about time travelling machines that allow you to move to another era. Nope. … More Time travelling
Last night we experienced our first serious tremor.
I say serious because we had felt slight tremors before. Both in Alajuela and in Guanacaste. They usually came at night and they felt as if someone had forgotten a mobile in vibration mode on the bed. Like a subtle, almost unnoticeable move. But strong enough that we would wake up. … More Our first tremor
When we were in Monteverde we did a birdwatching tour with a professional bird guide. He has almost thirty years of birdwatching experience, is well known and more than lived up to his reputation! Through the tour, I had the chance to do some bird-watcher watching so that I can report the characteristics of the expert birdwatcher. … More The expert birdwatcher
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