Week 2. Eindelijk echt vakantie
January 28, 2020
Auto gekocht en eindelijk op weg naar een maand vakantie in de tropen. Met een fijn huis, veel natuur eromheen en niet te vergeten een strand. … More Week 2. Eindelijk echt vakantie
Author: Frank van der Most
Frank is founder of and research engineer at Rubber Boots Data
The lazy, amateur birdwatcher and his equipment
January 26, 2020
Recently, the lazy amateur birdwatcher was spotted close to the Nicoya peninsula coasts. Some good pictures could be taken to study this evasive (and nearly extinct) species in detail. … More The lazy, amateur birdwatcher and his equipment
Noise-canceling devices
January 24, 2020
Here is a tip from a long-haul traveler : get yourself a noise-canceling device. I had quite some days, weeks or perhaps months of traveling in trains and buses behind me when I ran into someone who let me hear through her noise-canceling device. The next day I went to the shop, paid a lot of money and improved my future travel experiences in immeasurable amounts. … More Noise-canceling devices
Opening a bank account
January 22, 2020
Yesterday, I realized that in terms of planning and work, taking a one-year sabbatical in another country is similar to migrating to that country. You need a visa, a bank account, a place or places to stay, decide what to do with your home/sell it/cancel the rent, a car, and perhaps some more. The past week, one of the things we were not so successful in was finding a bank to open an account. Having an account here would greatly facilitate large payments for buying a car, paying the rent, or making a deposit. … More Opening a bank account
Hoe was het nu, afgelopen week?
January 21, 2020
Een bericht voor N. en anderen die niet zo goed in het engels zijn. Het is nu bijna precies een week geleden dat het vliegtuig landde op Juan Santamaria International Airport, hier vlakbij Alajuela (spreek uit als Alaguèla). druk, druk, druk Ondanks alle blogs die we sindsdien geschreven hebben, vraag je je misschien af hoe … More Hoe was het nu, afgelopen week?
How was it, the past week?
January 21, 2020
The visa bureaucracy : not that bad
January 19, 2020
A major item on our to-do lists has been the application of a one-year visa for volunteer work. Yesterday, we went to the migration office bracing for the impact of endless queues, grumpy bureaucrats and Kafkaesque referrals from one desk to another. It was not that bad, and at points even fun and pleasant. … More The visa bureaucracy : not that bad
We made it!
January 15, 2020
Yesterday night, at around 17.00 local time we landed at Juan Santamaria International airport, close to San José, the capital of Costa Rica. After getting through passport control, luggage collection and check and finding a taxi, we arrived to our new home for the coming week. That was two in the morning in the Netherlands. … More We made it!
It’s official, we are getting nervous
September 4, 2019
Before summer holidays, we still had more than six months to go before 2020. Almost seven months if we took the day of the flight. It all still felt comfortably distanced from the here and now. Within the blink of a summer’s eye, it feels completely different now. Yesterday we received potential tenants for our … More It’s official, we are getting nervous
Clip-on lens for GoPro HERO+ LCD
August 8, 2019
Some years ago, Cris and I bought a GoPro camera for our holidays in Madagascar. It is a GoPro Hero+ LCD. The main reasons to buy this camera were the fact that it comes from the factory in a waterproof box. For most other cameras one needs to buy such a box separately and it … More Clip-on lens for GoPro HERO+ LCD
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