Besides research and working in Watchimak, there are opportunities for fun outings. The biggest two are the Watchimak Waterfall (Cascada) and the Giant Tree (Arbol Gigante). Initially, Kerensa and I did a combination of both destinations, beginning with the Giant Tree and then going to the Waterfall. We left at 9:00am and got back after 2:00 with lots of hard rainforest hiking in between. We felt spent at the end of the day, and our guides, Jacobo, Nelson, & Bolivar, decided that the two would always be seperate day trips. The day of my second trip, Kerensa was a little under the weather, so didn´t come with us. Our guides were Nelson and Carlos and I went with two other volunteers, Paulina (from the Netherlands) and Melanie (from Wales). We started by having our guides
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