The big day is edging closer

So, just before everyone arrives back - I thought you might like to know exactly what we have planned for the 3-day changeover.

Firstly, from midday onwards tomorrow, groups will start returning to fieldbase and there will time to chill, organise their stuff, get some laundry done for the next phase and most importantly, hand over lots of photos to our communications team so that they can put them up here for all of you to see. There willl then be plenty of time for them to get sorted back into their tents and of course, gossip and catch up with each other about their experience so far. In the evening, there will be a welcome speech to introduce the changeover programme followed by a BBQ with lots of tasty food and we will end the evening with a nice movie.

The next day, everyone will have a chance to go into Turrialba, which is where they will be able to send emails and no doubt, check facebook but most importantly, stock up on their BLING for the party later on. After supper, we will show the skits that each group has prepared, which promises to highly amusing and without losing any time, we will go straight into the most important event of changeover, the Spring Bling Fling Foam Party!!

Once everyone has recovered from the night before, there will be a 'project allocation' ceremony for everyone to find out what their next project will be and to get acquainted with their groups. There will also be some more time then to go into Turrialba and stock of on final supplies. Later on, there will be an opportunity for them to learn about the history of the different areas where they will go for their phase 2 projects and time to get everything sorted, ready and packed for phase 2. They will deploy to their projects early on Wednesday morning and will, once again, set of on the journey of a lifetime.

Everyone over here is getting very impatient about welcoming the alpha groups back to fieldbase and hearing about all their exciting adventures and experiences. We will be sure to keep you posted on how the project's have gone and I am sure everyone is looking forward to reading and returning your much-appreciated comments. Now all we have to do is wait ...