A Flying Visit to Delta 4 and Alpha 1

Earlier today a couple of us fieldbase staff headed out for a speedy visit to Delta 4 and Alpha 1! First point of call for the day was to head over to Chirripo to visit the Delta 4 team and deliver some Zinc for their project! (and some snacks, and some boots, and some radio batteries and of course the blog messages!) Surrounded by stunningly rich and rural Costa Rica, it was a joy to visit this beautiful reserve, even if only for a short while. The guys have been working on building a school within the Chirripo Indigenous Reserve. They have been busy over the last few days collecting and carrying the wood to the building site and have already made a start on the foundations. The Zinc will be used at a later date to build the roof. Unfortunately due to a few complications and an argument between the Raleigh Landrover and a river crossing, we were unable to see the whole group. We did get a good view of them waving frantically at us from over the rolling hills however. Safe to say they are all doing well, feeling sprightly and smiling brightly.

Loading up the Zinc!

A 20 minute visit to Alpha 1 this afternoon was enough to show us what a fantastic time the group are having. We visited them on day 5 of their trek where they had reached their destination in San Jaoquin. The rain may have been pouring down but the morale was sky high. We caught up with the group just as they began preparing some pasta after an 8 hour day of serious trekking. Luckily for them the rain managed to hold off until they reached location. Accommodation for the night? Pitched tents in a football field!

Alpha 1!

The fieldbase Landies are off bright and early again tomorrow morning, this time on the two week Raleigh road trip! We’ll be updating the blog as regularly as we can and whilst out on the road we’ll be catching up with the groups and their projects as they crusade through their phase one adventures!

Exciting times ahead for all - pura vida!

*Blog and photo's by Dawn Tennant