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After what some may consider careers in consulting and logistics, we quit our jobs, sold our stuff and left Germany to be full-time travelers and development volunteers. This blog is about our travels, our work as volunteers and our alternative life strategies - always looking to make an impact and to find the meaning in what we do or put some into it if we can't find any. -
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Shirt Raffle -Unser letztes Hemd
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Fundraising: Yodelin' for donations
15. März 2011 // 15 Comments -
How to survive in Belize City
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How to prepare for a hurricane in Belize
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6 favourite places to eat (and drink...) out in Belize ...
6. Dezember 2011 // 5 Comments
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Volunteering in a shark tank to save the reef
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Von Cowboys, BHs und Handys
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Of cowboys, bras and phones
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Die 7 Grundsätze des Roten Kreuzes und Roten Halbmondes ...
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The 7 fundamental principles of the Red Cross and Red C ...
14. Mai 2012 // 0 Comments
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Earplugs Swiss Army Knife (or Leatherman) Eye Ma ...
3. Mai 2012
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Official Video: A day on beautiful Caye Caulker, Belize, Central America
In december, Holger facilitated a strategic workshop with the Caye Caulker chapter of the Belize Tourism Industry Association. The workshop focused on sustainable tourism development, segmentation of the tourist market and marketing techniques. The marketing angle of the workshop could be summed up by saying: “What tourists do we want on Caye Caulker and how [...]
Splashing around in Old Belize
A very unusual sunday. Doing nothing. Hanging around. Playing. Reading. Sleeping. I could get used to this! The other Challenges Worldwide volunteers text us in the morning if we want to come to Old Belize. It’s a restaurant/bar/mini museum with a sort of artificial lagoon to swim in. And it has a water slide. A [...]
Notes from a voluntarily accidental, hopefully viral propagandist
(I waited to publish this tongue-in-cheek article for several reasons – this was written a few weeks ago when I was working 24/7 for the Coalition to save our natural heritage, a union of NGOs in Belize trying to fight oil drilling in Belize’s reef.) Wednesday, 2:05 pm, Propaganda Desk “Please report to the [...]
Trying to spark international solidarity to fight offshore oil drilling in the Belize Barrier Reef.
Hi folks, this is what I’ve been busy with the last week. Please take a minute to read and support us by clicking and sharing if you like! Thanks! Holger Last year, the government of Belize sold concessions to drill for oil to 18 oil exploration companies. They parceled the entire country behind closed doors. [...]
Video: Kayaking around Caye Caulker – with a meaning! // Sinnvolles Paddeln in Caye Caulker
We took Frank and Jörg over to Caye Caulker for a day on the Caye shortly after they got here. There’s a gazillion providers who offer kayak trips on the cayes in Belize. But through Norbert’s Globotreks.com blog post “Kayaking with Purpose” I had learned about a very special trip: For a donation, you can [...]
Videoblog: A day in the aquarium / Ein Tag im Aquarium
Our friend Frank celebrated his birthday with us in Belize. Usually he goes to visit an aquarium on his birthday. Since there are no aquariums in Belize, we did the next best thing: We threw him into one. First we flew him over to Ambergris Caye on a little Cessna plane. We were met by [...]
COWABUNGA! Snorkeling with turtle / Schnorcheln mit Wasserschildkröte!
I’m fortunate to have dived and snorkeled in Australia, Egypt, Turkey, Belize. (And in Germany though I try to forget that experience.) One animals that’s managed to elude me for 10 years now is the turtle. I’ve seen a few form afar, but that was about it. Until 2 weeks ago, when I did Hol [...]
Mit dem Speedboat durch den Dschungel zur Mayaruine Lamanai
Nachdem uns unsere Freunde vom Hotel de la Fuente in Orange walk bereits einen kleinen Vorgeschmack gegeben hatten, buchten wir direkt mit Frank und Jörg einen Bootstrip zur Mayaruine. Wir mieteten einen Wagen, fuhren von Belize City hoch nach Orange Walk (man muss um 9:00 morgens antreten!) und die Ausfahrt konnte beginnen. Für 100 USD [...]
