Kika
March 12, 2026
For those who know her and are wondering how she is doing? … More Kika
Category: The new life
Water should be moving left instead of down the hill
March 9, 2026
In this video, I am explaining my great plan for water retention in our land. Kika helps a bit, I am closing paths that I opened only days ago, and added two small ponds in the process. For those watching closely, a wall that first seems in good shape, later turns out to have quite a lot of holes. … More Water should be moving left instead of down the hill
Water retention and old iron
March 7, 2026
Second year of our new life in Costa Rica
December 30, 2023
As 2023 comes to an end, it feels like the righ time to think about our second year in Costa Rica. If 2022 was the landing year, 2023 has definitively been the consolidation year. Most of the paperwork is now done, we have not moved for a year (yipiiiiiiieeeee) and we have had steady flow of … More Second year of our new life in Costa Rica
We started farming
February 23, 2023
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
The first year of our new life
January 29, 2023
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
Reasons to celebrate
October 9, 2022
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
Not a minor problem : a new network
October 2, 2022
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
Found on the beach
September 11, 2022
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
Turtles, dolphins and whales
August 6, 2022
For the month of August, we have rented a very simple house on the beach at the Osa Peninsula, in the Southern Pacific tip of Costa Rica. The house has no internet, no warm water and no washing machine. But it has a perfect location: beachfront, coconut trees, mangroves and an endless view over the … More Turtles, dolphins and whales
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