Op de een of andere manier leek deze week veel sneller te zijn gegaan dan de vorige. We hebben weer een hele hoop niets gedaan. Dat wil zeggen we hebben veel thuis gezeten en avonturen beleefd met een slang en een hond. In de categorie iets doen, is de luie vogelaar uit zijn stoel gekomen en hebben we een dag vogels gekeken aan de rand van nationaal park Palo Verde. … More Week 5. Vogels kijken
As mentioned in the post on home-made Tico food, one of the downsides of strictly following the Tico recipes is that the traditional recipes have an enormous amount of fat in the form of sugar, butter, cheese or milk. Of course, cooking at home has the advantage that one can (1) substitute the original ingredients … More The quest for low-fat, unsweetened food at the supermarket
Home-made Tico food One of the first things that Frank and I decided when arriving in Costa Rica was that we would try to cook using local ingredients only, preferably fresh fruits and veggies bought on the farmers’ market once a week. We also wanted to experiment with preparing local recipes. We had had some … More Learning how to cook Tico style… Or sort of.
This morning, some vultures started circling low around the open patch next to our house. Something was going on. This is a sad story about the violent death of a dog. Not a fun story. … More Death is a part of wildlife too
Hace un par de semanas escribí acerca de los animalillos nocturnos que vienen a visitarnos por las noches. En la versión inglesa del blog, terminaba el texto con algunas reflexiones sobre qué hacer para prevenir encuentros desafortunados (es decir que el animal te muerda, pique o escupa) y qué hacer cuando el encuentro es inevitable. El problema es que mi consciencia ecológica reside en mi cerebro y éste último necesita café para activarse. … More La chancleta asesina
Oops! Have we been here already for a month?
After 10 hectic days in Alajuela and more than two weeks doing nada on the beach, I finally have the need to start doing something. I am basically getting anxious because I see the days passing by without accomplishing anything, apart from resting and blogging. I realize that part of the problem is that I am so used to do something and moreover to have to do something that the mere fact of having days without plans is scary. This is a bad sign.
… More Why ‘doing nothing’ feels so alien. A reflection on the first 30 days of the sabbatical.
Earlier, we settled for an understanding of ‘doing nothing’ of not having to do anything that is somehow externally forced upon us. Now that I am writing this, I finally realize that we ended up in the ironic and frustrating situation where ‘doing nothing’ is actually forced upon us. … More When ‘doing nothing’ is frustrating
We have been seeing and hearing this bird since day one. It is big, noisy and travels in groups of two or three. They seem to be chasing each other all the time. It might be playing, it might be serious business. … More White-throated Magpie Jay – Cyanolyca cucullata
Only when I started writing these posts about our bird-watching gear, I realized that our smartphones are definitely part of it. Because we never leave the house without the smartphone, it is the natural last resort to take a picture of a bird. But it is also useful to make sound recordings and, together with a so-called clip-on, it can be used to make pictures through binoculars or telescopes … More Our birdwatching gear. Part 4 : Smartphone and clip-on
Het is wéér mislukt om een week niks te doen. Niets ernstigs dit keer. We wilden graag natuurreservaten in de omgeving bekijken tijdens onze maand hier, dus het werd tijd om daaraan te beginnen. Afgelopen zondag en maandag zijn we naar het nationale park van de Tenorio Vulkaan (Parque National Volcán Tenorio) gegaan. … More Week 4. Strand en een excursie naar de Rio Celeste
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 