by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Creative Writing
“And suddenly this strange rhythm came to me, as if whispered by some kind of deity. I kept vocalizing it and repeating it to myself, I didn’t quite understand it. Until I wrote it down and analyzed it. It was a 13/8 measure, very atypical and exotic. The music...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Ongoing Projects
Parts of the Jungle Hub property are yet to be explored. Especially a geological depression in the southern part of the Old Forest, basically a huge and sudden hole, which is very hard to reach. I managed to take some aerial shots with a drone. If you are the...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Ongoing Projects
We only harvest felled or otherwise already dead trees (for once, it’s illegal to fell trees from a certain diameter in Costa Rica, but mainly we prefer our good trees alive and kickin’, because they tend to get bigger and much more beautiful for us and...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Ongoing Projects
Below the Rancho is a steep meadow that ends in a mini-forest with some of the most beautiful trees in the regeneration part of the property. I call these trees “the survivors”, since they survived years of chemical warfare by previous owners. The idea is...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Ongoing Projects
We are building a suspension bridge to connect the forest pathway with the Guanacaste gardens, just because it’s fun! So far the 4 masts have been put in place and we are ready to install the steel cables and wooden bridge floor. [su_carousel...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Finished Projects
In the last 1 1/2 years since we moved to Costa Rica we have been working very hard. But we did it! We have built our dream house in the jungle! [su_row][su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””][/su_column] [su_column...
by Guillermo | Mar 17, 2019 | Ongoing Projects
Our first livable space is continuously getting all sorts of add-ons and improvements. Next we will be building more bamboo walls to stop the angry December winds and then we are going to make a beautiful earthen floor! We just finished the kitchen top, check it out...
by Guillermo | Jan 18, 2019 | Finished Projects
Water is life, quite literally! Plant life, insect life, animal life all spring into existence where there was none and then thrive, by simply adding a natural pond. In this short video we show you how we were able to do exactly...
by Guillermo | Nov 10, 2018 | Finished Projects
So far we had some of the basics dealt with: we had fresh water on demand and we had a toilet. I love camping, but when it rained a lot I still had to sleep in the car and now I was really ready for the next step, to build the rancho! A shelter from heat and rain, a...
by Guillermo | Nov 10, 2018 | Finished Projects
In the previous post we dealt with the most basic of needs both for the site itself and for the people working on it: water. Having water on demand is crucial if you want to spend more than a few hours in the site. Following this logic, the next most important work of...
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