New photo album about the wildlife around the (new) house
March 14, 2020
Click this link to get a peek on our new neighbors. Spoiler alert: No scary insects and spiders. This is much more exotic and “tropical” than Guanacaste.
Not just the cat got sick
March 14, 2020
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
Week 8. Nieuwe routines en schildpad patrouilles
March 10, 2020
Deze week hebben Cristina en ik ons in een nieuw vrijwilligerswerkritme gewerkt. De dagen krijgen een andere regelmaat en het werk schiet op. Frank gaat op schildpadpatrouille. De zonsondergangen zijn weer niet mis, maar met de bus is van alles mis. … More Week 8. Nieuwe routines en schildpad patrouilles
Viajando en el tiempo
March 10, 2020
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
Time travelling
March 10, 2020
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
Our first tremor
March 9, 2020
Last night we experienced our first serious tremor.
I say serious because we had felt slight tremors before. Both in Alajuela and in Guanacaste. They usually came at night and they felt as if someone had forgotten a mobile in vibration mode on the bed. Like a subtle, almost unnoticeable move. But strong enough that we would wake up. … More Our first tremor
The expert birdwatcher
March 7, 2020
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
First day in the jungle: Red Macaws, toucans, swarming bees and the fire brigade.
March 5, 2020
So, we got up on our first day in the jungle fully energized. After the long trip from Monteverde to Osa, it felt good to have a relatively good night sleep and wake up to the sounds of the real jungle. Which are many. If the howler monkeys woke us up at 0530 in Guanacaste, here … More First day in the jungle: Red Macaws, toucans, swarming bees and the fire brigade.
Week 7. Osa en Piro
March 3, 2020
This post in Google English Este post en español de Google Afgelopen woensdag was een lange dag in de auto. Monteverde was erg groen, maar na een half uur de berg af rijden waren we weer terug in het droge klimaat, waar ik zoals ik vorige week al schreef, voldoende van genoten had. Tijdens de … More Week 7. Osa en Piro
The bliss of no mind-numbing TV
March 1, 2020
Well, okay, back in Sweden, we never watched regular tv anyways, but we were regular consumers of Netflix and iMovie. During weekdays, we would eat dinner on the sofa while watching an episode of a series on Netflix. Movies during the weekend. In Costa Rica we decided to do without, and our internet access does not allow it. Have we been missing it so far? Not for a second. … More The bliss of no mind-numbing TV
