Ronja's Blog

Dear blog readers, This will be my last post on this site. I made this website in 2019 on a free website maker, which comes with its...

It’s been a while since my last update, but expect more coming frequently from now on! I’m writing this in the train – the first leg of...

After a long break, I’m back for any curious readers! I’ve been so busy, doing anything extra like writing a blog post is difficult at...

Manley Co-op After spending January to June very lonely here in Santa Barbara, I decided to move into a housing co-op for my sophomore...

I've been in Germany for over a month now, and I want to start off by saying that I absolutely love it here. The people are great, the...

It’s been a long time since I’ve added to my blog, but I’m back for the summer! My college classes in the spring quarter are the main...

In late November, I applied for an in-person internship with an organization at UCSB called Your Children’s Trees. It involved planting...

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry... especially in the era of COVID. My plans at least. Two months ago I would have told...

The Peaks Hike is a backpacking trip that happens every June. It is a 7 day long trip around the San Francisco Peaks. The first hike,...

Disclaimer: all recommendations are based on personal experience, and some experiences you just need to make on your own. However,...

For weeks, I stressed about the decision of where I would spend the next 4 years of my life. After I had eliminated Indiana, I was...

Stream along Redbud Trail in the Cache Creek Wilderness. The world has changed so much in such a short time. We have all adapted, but I...

I’ve been back in the US for a week and a half now. It has been a mixed bag so far: on the one hand, I’ve been relishing the variety of...

I left the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, March 8th. On the bumpy 2 hour car ride out, I was on a race to finish a book that changed the...

I am in Bloomington, Indiana! I have had an incredibly busy last week, and now I have some time to catch up on blog posts, etc. This...

Leaves will crackle. Mud will squelch. Sticks will snap. But the quieter you can walk in the forest, the more you will see. We live too...

Macaws in the trees above the Collpa. "The Tourist" is what we called her. Almost as if she didn't have a name (her name was Christelle...

Yunza tree. On Saturday afternoon, everybody in camp piled into a boat and headed down to Lucerna, the community 15 minutes downriver...

Spider monkeys! Yellow-footed tortoise found on one of our walks. Tropical house gecko found in the shower. Yesterday, Thursday, it...

The volunteers left to right: Starr, Margot, Jorinde, Larissa, and me. Spiders are the stars of the forest. Their eight eyes twinkle when...