Prelude to Ecuador

Well, here I go. At this moment, it is still unsure whether my plane will actually leave this sunday, since there is this ash cloud from a volcano in Iceland hanging over Europe. But I'm not worried, I will get there eventually, if not sunday.

I'm not sure if everybody knows exactly what I'll be doing there, besides lying on the beach, drinking caipiriñas or shots of aguardiente. Of course, it's a thesis. There are certain finished products (chocolate and coffee) being exported from Ecuador. Factories in Guayaquil and Quito produce these commodities and package them. Thus, instead of exporting raw products, they add value. My question: what's this added value and what does it do for the local people? That means the people that work in the factory, but also beneficiaries who receive aid in some way from the companies that produce (social projects). My 2 cases will be EScoffee (Guayaquil) and hopefully Pacari Chocolate (Quito). When I'm finished with bothering these people with my questions, I will check my balance. If this is positive enough, Another flight will take me to Galápagos, where I'll be taking my new baby (canon 1000D) for some serious wildlife shooting :D

So that is the plan. Keep tracking me, I'll be posting often. The next one being when I arrive. My first hotel is Hotel Folklore, with WIFI, huzzaaah! This will be some legen... wait for it... dary 3 months!

Haiku - 俳句 - 16 - 18

16 / 十 六
べるわなる
彼 女 ここではない
またしても

The bell rings
It's not her
Again

17
This broken record
Plays no more fantastic songs
It rests on the shelf

18
Yesterday's mistakes
I can not recall no more
Tomorrow's waiting

ぞえ にとって

Taigu Ryokan :
ぬす人に
取り殘されし
窓の月

The thief left it behind
the moon
at the window

ode to loneliness 2

Haiku - 俳句 - 14-15

14
Make a crazy face
always a funny response
the mirror returns

15
Make a funny sound
in the emptiness around
but it is wasted

ばか

Haiku - 俳句 - 10-13

10
Leaves in the gutter
overflows it with water
it is fall again

11
Old man laying down
listens to bluesy tunes
winter is coming

12
It is silent now
lifeless objects and pictures
can't reflect the past

13
An empty blue lake
leaves a crater of a size
when it was still full

ぞえ にとって - すみません

Torenvalk kast / common kestrel nest

Op 9 augustus hebben ik heb ik met hulp van R. en zijn oom, Z. en J. een torenvalk kast de lucht in gehesen. Hierbij de foto's en de bouw instructies. Met wat geluk komt er in februari een vrouwtje kijken en na goedkeuring is het gedaan met de muizen, woelratten en mollen in de moestuin.

On August 9th, I raised a nest for a common kestrel with the help of R. and his uncle, Z. and J. Here are the pictures and the building instructions. With a little luck, a female will check the place out in February and after approval, mice, voles and shrews are no more in my veggie garden.

Kruidenkastje

Met veel moeite een beetje hout gevonden in de Arnhemse fijnhouthandel. Ik was op zoek naar een beetje redelijk grenen, maar daar hadden ze alleen dikke of ongeschaafde planken en een schaafbank heb ik niet. Dus wat latjes beuken meegenomen en na enkele weken het resultaat:

Hier en daar wat lichtere kleuren, omdat ik de lijsten van grenen heb moeten doen. Die heeft de lokale bouwmarkt dan wel weer, maar niet in beuken... zucht.

De deurtjes klemden in het begin enigszins, maar na even te hangen niet meer, dus heb nu ook een magneetsnappertje in onder aan de deurtjes gefixed.










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