Sun? We wish.
Rain? Unfortunately. Pasta and noodles? Delicious. Sand, rock, 24km per day. Fun?
Somehow. Cold? Most certainly. 11 days in and we’ve finally
had a few nights without being drenched.
We left Fieldbase
eager, willing and with a cheer even though some people hadn’t slept since the
paint party. Our eagerness and
willingness was soon tested by an invasion of flying ants. They were in everything and on everyone but
it was probably our last protein meal! The
first thunderstorm dealt with the problem; a few days on it soon became known
it wasn’t a one off. The 3km hike to the
‘celestial blue waterfall’ with sand and cement 8 times a day became a bubbling
cauldron of roots, stones and slush but improving access to this wondrous site
helped lift spirits.
Leanne led
the bamboo collecting for jungle camp and Suzanne soon learnt not to rush the
mud caked path. With the rain persisting
and jungle camp’s faults continuously being shown, our move in kept being delayed. Fieldbase arrived on the 1st
weekend and offered invaluable advice about how to make our situation
better. ‘Uno’ was by now becoming very
prevalent and Hong Kong rules mastered became the way to play. We were also joined by Raymond and PM Ed. They both slotted in like they had been with
us all along but come Monday, Fieldbase, Ed and sadly Leanne left to go and
visit other groups.
Volcan
Tenorio’s elusive Tapir has eluded us but to Dan’s pleasure spiders have been
ever present along with numerous sightings of snakes. The last few days have been used to quarry
rocks for the rangers’ station’s newly planned garden which in driving rain was
great fun!
To stay
together there have been stories of backgrounds, places seen & visited,
card games and jokes, all helping us to bond as a team – there has been plenty
of laughter while huddled under the group tarp munching on refried beans and
crackers. The plan
for the next half of the phase is to construct a wall for the rangers and keep
the construction up the near waterfall well supplied.
Undoubtedly
there will be arguments, laughter, painfully cold days but so far we have
learnt that if we work together, keep spirits high and get to dinner time
smiling then the next day will only be an improvement.
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dear louis
ReplyDeletehay its your sister hope you are having a great time missing you loads hope you come back in one pice <3
Message for Suzannah (Alpha 3)
ReplyDeleteHey Suzannah! Read the Alpha 3 blog, it sounds amazing out there, by the sounds of it you fell over on a muddy path? Why am I not surprised haha, its probably not too long before your back at fieldbase I think? I hope you've been playing Ninja and Mafia? They are the Raleigh-games haha. Hopefully I'll talk to you during changeover, there are a couple of good internet cafe's in Turrialba and theyre cheap as well. I hope I'll be getting a souvenir ;)
Miss you loaddss Robin!
From James H :) xx
message for Daniel (alpha 3)
ReplyDeletehey Daniel its Jordan with grandma and granddad sounds like fun out there. hows the spiders? :P im going italy next week with grandad probably not as action packed as where you are, are you enjoying the weather? dont work too hard. grandma says hope your enjoying yourself and see you when you get back and don't bring any snakes back. granddad says have you seen any big snakes and spiders. hope you get back safe speak to you then.
miss you loads bro
from jordan, grandma and grandad :)
De: Paola Montero
ReplyDeletePara: Luis Andres Mora 12G
Amor me haces mucha falta espero te encuentres bien, extra;o saber de ti ): pero quiero hacerte saber que por mas distancia vemos la misma luna <3, te paso pensando dia y noche, te amooo demasiado guapo
Contando los dias para verte te amo cuidate mucho Dios me lo proteja siempre