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
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
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
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
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
For a long time, I thought that I did not like water sports. Until I met Cristina and found out about the pleasures of snorkeling around the islands of San Blas (Panama), scuba diving in Nosy Bé (Madagascar), or snorkeling and scuba diving in the Mediterranean sea. Three totally different places with one thing in … More Learning how to surf
La semana pasada, cuando íbamos de camino al veterinario con Matilda, al lado de la carretera pasamos un cartel pintado a mano anunciando la venta -a bombo y platillo- de “Mamones transgénicos”. Jesús pensé, esbozando una sonrisa, a saber qué serán mamones transgénicos en Costa Rica…. al tiempo que intentaba explicarle a Frank entre risas … More Mamones transgénicos y maridos de alquiler
Among the purposes of this first month of the sabbatical were to sleep, relax, recover and “do nothing”. But even on holidays, we are always doing “something”: reading, birdwatching, organizing photos, strolling on the beach, snorkeling or nowadays, writing a blog. So, what do we mean by doing nothing? … More Learning the art of doing nothing
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