Why getting out of Drake felt like Matt Damon in “The Martian” Problem three: Driving from Drake to Jimenez Why, you might ask yourself, driving out would be worse than driving in? Well, remember the tropical storm that I mentioned earlier? It not only turned our local road into a mud river…but it also provoked … More Tropical adventures – Part 2
So, yesterday we finally left the Osa Peninsula. We had been in that remote part of the country for four and a half months. We thought that we were in a remote place…. The funny bit is that when you are there, it does not feel sooooo far away from the rest of the country. … More Tropical adventures – Part 1
Click here to see the new photo album of our time in Drake Bay Pincha aquí para ver el album de fotos de Drake Bay Klik hier voor het nieuwe foto album van Drake Bay
Click here to see the two new photo albums: Small worlds and Housemates Pincha el vínculo para ver los nuevos álbumes de fotos: Pequeños mundos y Compañeros de casa Klik hier voor het nieuwe foto album ‘Small worlds‘ en hier voor ‘Housemates‘
El pasado viernes 3 de julio mandé a mi informe final sobre el impacto socioeconómico de las áreas marinas protegidas. Con este simple gesto, un mero click de la tecla enter para mandar un email, se terminan los cuatro meses de voluntariado en Osa Conservation. Han sido cuatro meses de intenso trabajo, de aprendizaje y … More Campaaaana y s’acabao!
It is funny how the mind works. Throughout these first months in Costa Rica, I have no one single time recalled a past achievement. Not even the hard-won ones: the published papers, the funded projects or a good evaluation on a course. Not one single time. It is the unfinished business that haunt me. The … More Unfinished business
Today I had a fantastic dream. Not as in daydreaming but like a real dream -dream, while sleeping. It was so great that I cannot help but sharing it with you. In my dream, Sir David Attenborough was personally calling us to ask if we could go work for him. Ha!! 🙂 He wanted us … More Funny dreams
I thought that I had left my stress in Lund. In fact, I had made sure to lock it up so he would leave me alone for a year. But it must have escaped at a time when I let my guard down and …managed to get into the suitcase. The fact is that since … More Hello stress, my old friend…
Pensaba que me había dejado el estrés en Lund. De hecho, me había asegurado de encerrarlo bajo llave para que me dejase en paz por un añito. Pero el muy cretino se debió escapar en un momento en el que bajé la guardia y se metió en la maleta. El caso es que desde que … More Hola estrés, mi viejo amigo…
This is the last of the posts reflecting on the relationship between economics and conservation. The posts have been triggered by the experience working as a volunteer for Osa Conservation (OC). OC has the advantage of being a very broad organization, engaged in different aspects of conservation. I have been working mainly with the marine … More Development Economics and Conservation
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