Tag Archives: Adventure

Bad luck

As a field ecologist work isn’t always easy. Unlike a stay-at-home-scientists who cultivates seedlings in his greenhouses, we can’t predict what our experiment will look like. You  start on paper creating  a nice and elegant research design that takes into … Continue reading

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The good…

Chili is a land of extremes. The places where people could have their way with the environment are mostly awful, but as soon as you get away from the bad influences of the cities, environment improve a lot. We drove … Continue reading

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Airplane food

I like airplane food. It comes at random moments of the night, you only have half the space you need to fit all the tiny boxes on your table and you don’t get anything if you use your nighttime for sleeping … Continue reading

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Up to Punta Arenas

I’m on the other side of the globe! Barely one month into my Ph.D and I already left the save environment of my new office to explore the world. It’s only for a short period of time, I will be … Continue reading

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Summer snow

When autumn gives Belgium a stormy warning that winter is on its way, I escape all the bad weather and go to the southern hemisphere. There spring is working at full speed. While you all cuddle together under blankets with your … Continue reading

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The attraction of mountains

There is something wonderfully attractive about mountains. They whisper this one message in your head: ‘Go just a little bit further, only up that rock! Think about the view!’ Of course, you listen, no doubt about it! Mountains are not … Continue reading

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