January 31, 2006
Dock Ants and Turkles - Bocas English
Any idea what a "dock ant" might be? As in "De dock ants dem ya eat de ud plenty."? Well, something that looks like an ant and walks around your dock and eats wood. A termite! This is just... Read more...Posted by rick at 06:54 AM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2005
Cooking Appliances made of Mud
Building a Lorena Stove Zoe Sylvester & Andy McNamara We spent a week at Ulrich's Native Species Reforestation as part of the WWOOF program (World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms - www.wwoof.org), whereby volunteers can exchange their labor for... Read more...Posted by rick at 10:15 AM | Comments (0)
August 22, 2005
Buliding a Cayuco and pushing it to da sea
After out first attempt to obtain a large cayuco failed, we heard from Ricardo that there was a half-finished cayuco about to start rotting away in the jungle near Loma Estrella. I hate waste of resources, so this sounded quite... Read more...Posted by rick at 10:19 PM | Comments (1)
August 02, 2005
School in Tierra Oscura
The elementary school in Tierra Oscura is located about 7 miles from Almirante, and 8 miles from Bocas. Access by land is only possible on foot, and it is a long hike to the road. There is no regularly schedule... Read more...Posted by rick at 01:03 PM | Comments (0)
November 09, 2002
Abraham's Medicine (and the Chainsaw Massacre that almost followed)
The following is an excerpt from Eric's diary on the events around Ab's departure. Before we get into it, I should mention a few things: In contrast to most other people in Bocas, Ab has never lied to me. He... Read more...Posted by rick at 03:09 AM | Comments (0)
August 02, 2002
Making Lumber with a Chainsaw
Much of the lumber we use around the farm is made locally, from trees that have fallen, or are dying. Many of the Laurel trees have been damaged by years of cows walking on their roots; the root damage... Read more...Posted by rick at 02:20 PM | Comments (0)