Alpha one have reached La Leona after a tough beach walk today, and by way of celebration, and I quote, are "going to bed late and getting up late!" They sounded very happy about that, they were up at 3.30am this morning, I know because I spoke to them when they called in at 4.15am!
Where the rainforest meets the beach in Corcovado National Park
Alpha two have arrived at Playa Hermosa, where they received a warm welcome from the rangers. They're looking forward to their final food drop tomorrow, when Szeman and I will deliver all manner of BBQ type food, including burgers, sausages, buns, and most imprtantly burger cheese and ketchup!
Sunrise at Hermosa...
Alpha three, by the time you read this in the morning, will have made it to Playa El Rey, a little further down from Alpha six. The beach, famous for its nesting turtles isn't open to the public so they'll have the whole beach to themselves (well bar Alpha six, but they're at the other end of the 15km beach). Szeman and I are also dropping BBQ goodies off to them tomorrow afternoon, as well as several hammocks, so I expect they'll be mostly swinging from the palm trees for the next few days - bliss!
Sunset at Playa El Rey...
All three groups sounded absolutely elated to have completed their treks. Between them they have covered over 11,000 kilometres and climbed double the height of everest. They have braved torrential rain and blistering sunshine, crossed rivers and camped in remote wilderness and jungle. It will have made most of them want to cry at several points, but I'm sure each and every one of them will tell you when they get back that the four am starts, tough climbs and up to 10 hours trekking a day with over 20kg on their backs pales into comparison with the incredible views, abundant wildlife and the huge sense of achievement to have finally finished! Well done trekkers!
Szeman and I are off on the food drop early tomorrow morning, but we'll be back on Monday with more pics and news of all the exciting things we've got planned for when everyone gets back to Fieldbase on Tuesday.
All three groups sounded absolutely elated to have completed their treks. Between them they have covered over 11,000 kilometres and climbed double the height of everest. They have braved torrential rain and blistering sunshine, crossed rivers and camped in remote wilderness and jungle. It will have made most of them want to cry at several points, but I'm sure each and every one of them will tell you when they get back that the four am starts, tough climbs and up to 10 hours trekking a day with over 20kg on their backs pales into comparison with the incredible views, abundant wildlife and the huge sense of achievement to have finally finished! Well done trekkers!
Szeman and I are off on the food drop early tomorrow morning, but we'll be back on Monday with more pics and news of all the exciting things we've got planned for when everyone gets back to Fieldbase on Tuesday.
30 comments:
Hi William (Macho Trek)
So you have made it to the beach at last! Congratulations to you and your fellow trekkers, what a fantastic achievement, we are SO proud of you. Hope you are having a perfect break now, glad to hear from the blog that BBQ food is on the way for you all - enjoy!!!
Longing to see you later this month/next month depending on your plans. Love you. Lots of love, M, D, H and T xxxx
Hey there beach babe, how are you? Just to say always thinking of you and missing you, and looking forward to out next phone call. Have a great party today. It was the Grand National yesterday, had 2 false starts.Dad put on a bet for you Musica Bella, which fell at the 12th!Helen's was Himalayan Trail which fell at the 1st!and I was hoping for some celestial intervention from Grandad and went for Preists Leap, which came in at 14th, so thats the height of it, but it was a beautiful sunny day. Give our love to Bella.Helen and Robert are fine, he is at the Malaysiian Grand Prix this weekend, and Helen is having some R and R, hoping to speak to her later. Love you lots Ma and Da xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hooray!! Congratulations to each of the Alpha groups on reaching the end of an amazing adventure. Huge 'thank you' to all at fieldbase for supporting them so well and for making everyone at home feel included in the journey (without us having to venture outside!)I have really enjoyed following the blog, as have other family members, and I will miss it.
Enjoy the well earned fun on the beaches and wish everyone safe journeys onward, or home.
Calum's Mum ,Jackie.
Hi Calum, We are all so proud of you and can't wait to hear about your journey in great detail.:) That will have to wait until the end of your next adventure.....flight details have been e mailed to you. Speak to you soon, love and hugs Mum, Dad and Rory. xx xx xx
Hi Bliss
So proud of you- if you can get signal now on phone text me. Enjoy the beach- mum said don't forget the suncream! Amber sends you a big kiss, everyone sends their love.Cant't wait to see you Bliss.take care of yourself. love dad xx
Hi, all you trekers, and well done to all of you. This will be something to look back on forever.
Enjoy the sand and sea, no boots - bliss!
Alpha 3, hope you get to see some turtles.
Tom, we can almost count in hours instead of days now - we are all looking forward to seeing you and hearing all your stories.
Jo, if your parents need somewhere to wait for your flight coming into Newcastle, they are welcome to come here for a cuppa, it's 4 mins drive from the airport.
Enjoy the beach, the BBQs, the sunsets and the stars. Pura vida!
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxlyl
To Bliss Godden (alpha 2)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Well done on completing the trek, amazing achievement, must be some feeling, i'm so proud, knew you could do it.
Hope the beach is awesome and a great way to end your adventure. However i can not wait for you to get home, not long now, i've got a few ideas of food you might want to eat or places you will want to eat, so i'm going to treat you till you can't eat anything more.
I finished series 5 of 24, amazing, can't wait for you to get back so we can get into series 6, i've also got some recent movies and skins series 3 ready for you and me to watch, if you feel like it.
Can't wait for you to get home, miss you so much, been thinking of you everyday, its not the same without out you around,
Love you so much
Tom
xxxxx
Heyy Blissie,
Well Done for the trek it is a great achivement.I am very proud.I cant wait to see you when you come back.
-Ambii..xx love you lots xxxx
Well done Wendy, hope you're still in 1 piece! Can't believe you have done it, amazing! Looking forward to hearing all about it! Miss you loads Mum, Julie & Stu xo
hi Dominique in alpha 2 !
So you guys and gals made it to the end of the trek to Playa Hermosa and what a rewarding place to be.Well done macho's!!!!!!I wish I could be on the beach like you are,the pics on the blog are like a fairytale.
Dominique,I send Pedro in the U.K. some details for collecting the money at Coopemex in Turrialba.He will send these to the fieldbase so you will get them there.
I understand that you are returning to the base on tuesday.Must be a great moment to see everyone for the last time and share all the experiences.
Can you make contact by email or phone (collect call )before you leave Turrialba heading to a beachresort ?
We did not go to Sunshine today,it's the first warm day up there (0 C )and it will be busy because the sun is shining so snow will be slush.Guess we are spoiled,w'll go with Easter.
I did Ghislaine's hair,I gave her highlights and it does look nice and is well done for a first time .
Still no jobs at Whistler for summerseason but it looks like you are going to have a sin-number soon !!!!!! I am not joking.it's true.
Tell fieldbasecrew that they did a great job taking care of you all and keeping us back home informed with all the venturers.
Love from Calgary,xoxoxomama
Well done Pooch and Alpha 1 (Alphas 2 and 3 also)you all did it; now you can all party as hard as you trekked!
There may have been a slight change of plan for the 15th Pooch, courtesy of the eejit who jumped a red light yesterday and ploughed into Ste's car! Jumped a red light with his 2 children in the car; what a hero eh? Don't worry, Ste wasn't injured at all (a lil shook up but putting on convincing macho fascade); Polly Punto wasn't quite so lucky, although most of the damage appears to be cosmetic. I doubt Polly will be back on the road in time to collect you, so will have to resort to a grumpy plan b, aka Grandad or Uncle Martin? I will keep you posted Pooch.
Enjoy all the fieldbase antics this week, and I've still got everything crossed for the arrival of the parcel x x x x
Wow what pictures mark(alpha 5)Got back from ibiza late last night joel tried to send a message but it wouldnt do it!Well you are on your way back to fieldbase soon.safe travels and a fun filled time.
talk soon i hope.
love you loads,
mummy xxxxxxxxxxx
Hay hay farnell,
Duno if you will get this as you will be leaving rather soon! The beaches you are stopping at look most amazing! I read you were also looking for monkies? plllleeeeeaaase tell me you found one? Hope you are having fun and looking after yourself, hope there are no signs of those diseases we discussed before you left. Much Love, Skett x
Hi Holly and all Alpha 3; WELL DONE!! iT IS EXTREMELY EXCITING TO THINK OF YOU ALL ON THE BEACH.Enjoy a well- earned rest....We will have your cousins from Ealing here for Easter weekend as well as the Californians but they are going to Evanachan on Saturday for a week.Love and kisses from Mum , Dad , Lydie and Will xxxoooo
To Caroline Borstlap. Hej allerliefste schatje! Hopelijk heb je weer een super leuke fase meegemaakt op het strand! Ik denk dat je rond deze tijd terug naar fieldbase gaat dus ik hoop je weer snel te horen en zie zo uit naar zaterdag! Terug men prinses bij me! Gisteren hebben we 13-2 gewonnen van ukkel en heb 5 goaltjes gemaakt voor jou ;) Het was echt een ongelooflijke wedstrijd en super veel volk en heel goed weer! Alleen heb ik jou wel gemist en de andere jongens van mijn ploeg ook want onze trouwe supporter moest er gewoon bij zijn! :)
Lieverd geniet nog van je laatste dagen in Costa Rica en ik kan al niet meer wachten tot zaterdag je terug te zien! Super dikke kus xxxxxxxxxx mis je zot en hou zoveel van jou!! xxxxxx yeki
Hi Thomas D,
Its Nicola and Anna here. How are you? We hope you are having fun in Costa Rica...? It is very cold here, We hope it is warmer there! We went to Loudun Castle yesterday which was really fun but some of the rides were scary! We are going to Glasgow tomorrow which will be fun. We are going back down to London on Thursday and we are going to see Heebie and Hugh. Nicola says, 'I am flying back to SA on Monday all by myself... :(' You had better come to visit us soon. Love Anna and Nicolaxxxx
Cuck here, having a good time with the cousins. Hope the trek went well and you arent too tired, well done you with everything! Trying to work hard...doesn't always work out though. School starts next Tuesday. Hope you are still having fun and really looking forward to seeing you when you get back, you better come to Coll to see me as soon as you get back! Much love Cuck xxxxxx
To Trekker William Zhao Alpha Two
Congratulations, darling Huhu, for finishing the toughest trekking journey! Well done, all your group. I believe that you conquered yourself many times and you are amazed to find out how much you can achieve. Your experience there was probably beyond many people's wildest dream. You did it! Imagine what you could not achieve from now on?! I mean as long as you apply the same amount of effort. Your phone call made my whole life so much brighter since I heard you saying I love you! Bless you, my baobao, I know you are a wonderful son. Cannot wait to see you at airport this Saturday, and all of us will go to airport. Hugo would not miss the day for anything. Can you imagine that Gervase would let you come back home without going to airport to collect you?! So does Hugo! He is here to love us all. Today is the first day with the marvellous English nanny. Hugo cried all the way back home from Royal Hospital ground since he does not like to be put back to his pram. What a trial for the nanny. Big hugs and so much love, Mum xxxxxxx
To Jo Thompson Alpha three
Well done Jo finished at last, saw the photos, Ive never seen you look so dirty. Have a great time at the beach party, you all deserve it. Can not wait to hear from you.
All our love Mum and Dad, Dave Mia, Izzy, Chris,Jane, Ben and Madeleine xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Sophia (Purdon). Have not sent a blog for a while as I didn't think you would be receiving them whilst on the trek. We loved your letter and have sent a copy to everyone. So proud of you and what a fabulous expeience for you all. Have been very busy finishing off Cornwall amongst other things. Will email with all the news can't wait to hear from you please ring and email as soon as you can. Still missing you so very much. Some very good news though we have booked our flights and will meet you at Sydney Airport. Saw Sophie the day before she left and she has some bits for you. Did you receive package. Please ring. All our love and hugs from us all - everyone following your progress and asking after you. Lots and lots and lots of love Mum Bob James and Snowy xxxxxxxxxxx Thank you to the team for keeping us all in touch and informed x
Wendy Shannon
Reuters London - Significant slump in rose wine sales during the last quarter reported.
Industry expert Jules Von Vino said 'there is only one solution, the wine industry needs Wendy home'.
To Bliss,
Hope you're well, keep it up you're doing so brilliantly! Can't wait to see you.
Lots of cuddles and a carrot cake waiting.
Auntie Jack x x x
Hi Bliss
Probably by the time you get this you'll be back at field base. Hopefully having a hot shower and some nice food! Amber is shouting ,say hello to Bliss in the background- so Hi from Amber.We are all looking forward to you coming home and can't wait to see you Bliss.
Hopefully hear from you soon, take care darling, love you lots.
Mum x
for Kirstin BD -5
must be near the end now! hope all continues to go well. any more post raleigh plans? Credlands leave Mexico end of April but there place on the west coast may be available for you.
scojo here at weekend for a wedding and as he is on 2 weeks hols are joining FandJ for some skiing; their anniversary on Sunday. Had Dutch crowd for dinner sunday.
we are off to exotic Callendar with jane and gerald for a night tomorrow; will do some walking as part of the girls' training. then to Aberdeen to see Kenny before his heart procedure. they have arranged a France trip so we are wall to wall visitors!
off to trainer in w linton then taking car to garage so will walk back; starlings for dinner.
looking forward to your news; might even speak at some point!!
Love
MandD
to hana damirji
hana BANANA! oh my TOTALLY GOODNESS I'M SEEING YOU SOON
i can hardly wait! saturday fun times for us all! woopdy woop! i miss you SO MUCHLY and want to hear all about your adventures! from beginning to end! and there isn't allowed to be a sentence that doesn't end with an exclamation mark! yay! double yay! love emily xxxxxx
Dirk Alpha 6
Schatje, ik heb net je kaartje ontvangen! Ik vind hem echt heel leuk en lief. Ik heb je ook nog een e-mail gestuurd. Ik heb vanavond de verjaardag van mijn oma en ga morgen naar Ciske de Rat met me moeder en Debsta. Ik hoop snel weer wat van je te horen. I miss you, XXX T
sophie, alpha 2
WW! EB! And you're almost finished, I'm guessing still at the beach... I'm at the airport now about to fly back to Bermy where I'll see you in about four days! I hope it all went went and the beach is up to South Shore standards. I can't wait to see you, getting ever-so-slightly excited... I love you. X
Hi Rose
When you get to read this you will have finished your last project on what has clearly been a wonderful trip. We have thoroughly enjoyed all the news and pictures that Raleigh have kindly relayed. What an experience.
We have sent an email so hopefully you will read this soon and get to phone us. Please contact Maria who is keen to see and welcome you.
Enjoy the party and reunions!
Love Mum, Dad and Will who returns for Easter
xxx
Hi Bartje Ruigrok, whaaaaaH! Hebben veel aan je gedacht laatste dagen! Wetende dat je die zware tocht aan het maken was. We zijn heel benieuwd hoe het is geweest. Nog leeuwen of tijgers gezien of de quetzal (?; daar kijkt pappa de hele dag tegen aan... haha. Heeft ie 25 jaar geleden een wandkleed van meegenomen uit Quatemala). Lekker eeltbulten op je voeten? Of meer blaren? Auauauaw. Nee geintje, mamma vindt het zielig. Waarschijnlijk was het het allemaal waard, althans dat hopen we. Wij zitten nu met z'n allen in Boston. Joos is onze cityguide. Het is vies weer, maar dat kan de pret niet drukken. We hebben een lekker hotelletje dichtbij Joos haar huis. Die hoeft nu even geen cellen te draaien. Raar idee he, iedereen aan deze kant van de oceaan. Ook wel s leuk. Joos en ik (grietje) gaan vrijdag naar NY!! Joepie! En pappa en mamma gaan donderdag weer naar huis, want zij moeten natuurlijk op tijd terug zijn om jou op te halen van Schiphol! Ik zie je volgende week, Barthos, en Joos pas later, maar dan bouwen we het ten minste een beetje lekker op. Nou, dude, lekker nog even genieten daar. Doe alles wat je niet laten kunt daar en see you soon! Dikke vette kus van ons allemaal, je vadertje, moedertje, en zusjes.
To Cathelijn, Alpha 1
Hi Jungle-Girl, Welcome back to the world.
What a wonderfull time you must have had. You are a supergirl, but I am sure you agree when I say that you were together with a superteam.
Glad you are back, but also sad for you, since this means Raleigh is almost finished. Being this very grateful mum, I want to express my thanks to the staff, who made the past three month's an unforgettable experience for everybody, even for the blog-readers back home.
To you my supergirl, I want to say, you did it and I am sure these past few months will be a memory to last you a life-time. Big hug, en dikke zoen, en kan niet wachten tot ik je stem weer hoor. Love mam en een kale Guus.
Mark (Alpha 5)Have a wonderful last few days and great party soooo looking forward to having you home.Raining in bcn typical semana santa weather.
lots oflove,safe journey
Mummy xxxxxxx
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