Latin America

The 7th and last month of living in Costa Rica was filled with so many highlights. It was our bonus month, as we stayed longer due to the pandemic.  Life Project Education (LPE), where our children attended so inspiring classes during these 7 months (partially online due to the restrictions), had invited us to hold […]

Recently I have been supporting the local volunteer group for Reserva Playa Tortuga (RPT) here in our village in Costa Rica. The team of researchers and biologists has started patrolling the beaches at the beginning of the season already 1.5 months ago. This is to save the olive ridley turtle eggs from poachers and animal predators.  […]

Costa Rica closed its borders early and imposed restrictions impacting mobility of people, such as closing the beaches, national parks, schools and restricting driving. The country managed to avoid a widespread outbreak in the beginning but is experiencing a second infection wave now. Hence local markets (ferias) stayed close for several months til today. A […]

Those who plant trees, under whose shade they do not expect to sit, have understood the true meaning of life. You can either donate on the HELPCA website www.helpca.org (search for Cloudbridge) or on our own website www.cycle-generation.com/donate-trees/. HELPCA members donated an amazing 100 US dollar in the first week after we announced a forest […]

Author: Ragna with my daughters Amaya and Tayanika      Illustrator: Tayanika Fantasy for children with bits based on a true story The Cloud Forest of the Pixies exists in reality and you can help to expand it further, by donating here!********************************************CHAPTER 1Once there lived a community of pixies deep in the cloud forest under the curling […]

As published on the HELPCA website HELPCA commitment to community and regeneration continues by a new donation partnership After the success of HELPCA’s donation model to provide fresh organic produce to + 200 Costa Ballena families in need since the COVID crisis, we are excited to announce a new partnership with Reserve CloudBridge to support […]

Motto: CHANGE IS THE ONLY CONSTANT – breathe and smile – and don’t worry be happy! At least that is what I imagined myself to do…  —- Driving restrictions? Can’t drive anymore? Never-mind, we never had a car. But our e-bikes could go on deserted roads during peak restrictions around Easter. School’s closed? Deep breath. Biggest change. […]

PART 2 Should we stay in Costa Rica or should we go to Germany? Should we try to get on one of the flights that the German embassy was organising? If we stay should we try to extend our visa with a border run or just hope Costa Rica would not penalise expired visas?  Information about […]

PART 1/2 Almost 1.5 months ago we left early in the morning loaded with our backpacks towards the only bus stop near our home town Ojochal in Costa Rica. We were on our way to one of Costa Rican’s tourist highlights, the Corcovado National Park. We arrived 30min early at the bus stop, as this is what had been […]