THE TREE HOUSE

Can you imagine living in a tree house like I do currently? J It is in the middle of the jungle. That is a really nice experience. I am surrounded by a wooden construction and fly screens. That’s it! The wind blows through the cottage all the time and I can hear the jungle alive at night. If there is rain at night I need to pull up a cover behind the bed so that I don’t get wet. Remember my last description of thunder stormJ For leaving in the morning I have about 20 seconds time to leave the house, run down the steps, grab the bike and rush through the jungle before the mosquitos attack me! Be careful that you don’t run over a giant blue land crab. Sometimes they are still there in the morning.

Here are some impressions of the jungle house: 

Somewhere in there... 

Steps up to the front door

Inside, first floor

Inside, second floor

Roof top

Coconuts... breakfast next to the house:-)

KITEBOARDING AT LONG CAYE, BELIZE

Finally! That’s me kiteboarding! J It took me a couple of hours to remember the safety stuff, to body drag downwind and upwind and fly the kite again. Finally I got on the board and was at least riding downwind. I can’t be bothered to walk back upwind and start where I came from. That is so exhausting! I need to practice, practice, practice now to finally ride upwind! At least I have crosswind most of the time that makes it easier not to end up on the beach. The spot here is perfect for learning. It is all pretty much shallow water, even I can stand most of the time;-) There are no big waves so that you can easily find the position to stand up properly and ride. There is some sea grass on the ground, nothing special, but I don’t like it so I wear boots all the time and don’t need to think about that. If you want to learn kitesurfing over here check this out: www.huracankiteboarding.com and contact Ryan by email.

I need to go now, there is good wind out there…J