buenavista

my last day at the turtle reserve! it has been very very fun and im sad to leave all the crazy europeans ive gotten to know here. accomplishments while ive been here: i finished the chess set, board and all, became an expert body surfer, climbed a mini mountain to watch the sunset, cooked a 45-egg omelet, learned a song in italian, a few select words of german, ate countless fresh machete-opened coconuts, didn´t break my camera in the sand, and survived to the 75th day of my journey! i didn´t get to see any big turtles while i was here, but i released about 5 nests and transplanted one from the beach to the hatchery. on the nightwalk where we found the nest the ranger just suddenly stopped and walked a few steps up the beach and started digging. meanwhile im looking around trying to see whatever it was he saw, and even with my flashlight i had no clue. he told me that he can feel the change in the sand that the turtles make with his feet. thats cool. i wore shoes for the first time today in over two weeks and i didn´t remember them feeling this comfortable. tomorrow morning i leave back to san jose for a night and then on to tortuguero national park to volunteer for two weeks. i think internet will be sparse once again, but ill write when i can. hope everyone had wonderful holidays, mine were spent with bonfires, music, and phosphoresence-filled midnight pacific ocean swims. im guesseing yours probably went a little differently. hasta luego!