Central America, here I come - Reisverslagen van Rebecca Jansen - WaarBenJij.nu Central America, here I come - Reisverslagen van Rebecca Jansen - WaarBenJij.nu

13 juni 2012 | Door: Rebecca

Where are you?

People keep sending me messages with the question"Where are you now?" Even the webmaster of this website asked me that question, wondering why I did not post a new blog recently. "Don't go grocery shopping when hungry" is a well known advise. And ...

's-Gravenhage - Nederland

8 maart 2012 | Door: Rebecca

Building towers and on the lookout for treasures

Building towers, fighting dragons and on the look-out for the treasure. To distract him and get him away from the door she offers him a green ball. It's one of those big yoga-balls. At times the big green ball is enough to get his attention, to ...

's-Gravenhage - Nederland

5 december 2011 | Door: Rebecca

On Nica time

It the middle of the night when I get out of my bed and open the curtains a bit. I stare outside and look at the small field of grass between the semi-high appartments. A half full moon and many many streetlights light up the grassy field and empty ...

's-Gravenhage - Nederland

6 november 2011 | Door: Rebecca

Not enough days in a week

Monday: A tropical fruit salad with the most delicious granola ever made looks like a great way to start the new week. While all the students walk into the kitchen to get their breakfast and a well needed cup of coffee to wake up, the kitchen ladies ...

Managua - Nicaragua

11 oktober 2011 | Door: Rebecca

What better way to wake up?

As early morning lights starts to peer through the bars of the little bamboo wall of my cabana, birds start to sing and roosters start crowing. When opening my window a fresh morning breeze comes in, accompanied by a lovely grayish yellow light. ...

Managua - Nicaragua

20 september 2011 | Door: Rebecca

Howling monkeys and paper mache turtles.

The office doesn't look like an neat office anymore ..or at least the part I occupy does not look like a neat office...the floor is covered with pieces of newspaper, the table, although covered with a sheet of plastic, got paint all over and the ...

Liberia - Costa Rica

24 augustus 2011 | Door: Rebecca

The sound of silence

No sound of silence here..I think to myself while the schoolkids play this wellknown Simon and Garfunkel song on their xylophones just outside 'my office'. Almost every day there is music practise..if they're not repeating the Sound of Silence over ...

Liberia - Costa Rica

7 augustus 2011 | Door: Rebecca

Colorful life and a dress to match

Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out.. I told myself while descending, holding the rope that connected the boat to the anker with one hand. While clearing my ears I kept thinking...'Do not breath in and out to rapidly, you don't want to ...

Liberia - Costa Rica

18 juli 2011 | Door: Rebecca

Heavy rains, brown beans and fast speaking Ticos

(Beginning of the week) Carefully avoiding the big puddles on the dirtroad which leads to the small town of Liberia, I can't stop wondering about the huge amount of water that fell out of the sky just minutes ago. This morning, when I woke up ...

Liberia - Costa Rica

4 juli 2011 | Door: Rebecca

Primera semana or the first week

While waiting at the busstop I see a clothline full of laundrey. A young lady carefully takes a newly washed item from a basket and hangs it next to a few, dripping, bright white arpons with ruffles. It all looks bright and fresh. Then a big bus, ...

Managua - Nicaragua

24 juni 2011 | Door: Rebecca

New adventure

Hello there, It's me again. In less than a week time I will be leaving for Costa Rica. I am going to work as a volunteer for an organization called ASART. A few of their goals are: strenghten the self esteem of children and adolescent through ...

's-Gravenhage - Nederland