Four weeks of intensive work abroad as a country estate entrepreneur in Costa Rica, Surinam and partly in Trinidad and Panama, are coming to an end now. Sometimes downhill but most of the time uphill...
The most important moment: Thursday, 25 June 2009: the birth of my grandson, son of Joris Denneman and Inger Boogh: Bouke . That moment I felt the same emotions as after the birth of granddaughter Lotte, the first child of Onno Denneman and Rekha Shano, more than three years ago...
That moment I decided -as a tribute to the new generation we have to take care of- to name a special part of `Hacienda la Esperanza` in Spanish: `Lote de Lotte`, a future resort for spiritual moments and meditations.
After the birth of my godchild Ashley de Wijs Rojas, daughter of my companion in Costa Rica, Theo de Wijs and his wife Marjorie Rojas Rojas, about two years ago, I decided to name a future island in the `Laguna la Esperanza` : `Isla de Ashley`. An island for adventurous children of all (!) ages...
Within our ungoing reforestation process I will select a special part of the estate and will give it a Spanish name too: `Bosque de Bouke`. A forest with spectacular views...
This special photo album shows a retrospective of a sentimental 4 weeks` journey...
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