I Have and I am: Photos 21 to 31

It is Sunday morning here in sunny (well rainy today) Turrialba, today I got up like most days at about 6.30am, had a delicious breakfast, laughed through our daily meeting which I turned up like all days in shorts and a singlet and right now after about eight weeks in Costa Rica I am enjoying my first morning off, sitting in our lovely staff room overlooking Volcan Turrialba writing to you all!

So hands down my Raleigh experience so far has been one of the most intense, captivating, motivating and enjoyable experiences of my life.

I have so many words to write here today as over the last six weeks since I have written I have explored many new and rough lands in our trusty Landrover with our drivers Ian & Fraser, met a whole load of different and interesting people, have gone without a shower for days, taken a myriad of photos of everything from young people enjoying sunsets to children in remote villages receiving water for the first time to their houses, to amazing vistas, to beaches, to people with sore feet after a full day trekking with their backpacks.

I had a tear in my

Full Text Entry: I Have and I am

Dear Bella, I've been reading your stories and marvelling at your photos. I remember Sebastien explaining you how to make a photo from a sunset and now it seems to me, like you can explain him quite a lot!! It sounds like you're having experiences of a lifetime. Do you think you can ever get used to "normal" life again, having a steady job? Everytime I come back from a holiday I'm depressed for at least a few weeks, because work pales by comparison. I've been studying the Raleigh website to see, if this could be something for me, still thinking though. At the moment I'm on a project in Berlin-Germany. It's a challenging job, therefore stressfull, but it takes a tax on my positive thinking capabilities. Any tips? Anyway I think it's great what you're doing and looking forward to your next entry! Take care, love Fiona

Dear Bella, I've been reading your stories and marvelling at your photos. I remember Sebastien explaining you how to make a photo from a sunset and now it seems to me, like you can explain him quite a lot!! It sounds like you're having experiences of a lifetime. Do you think you can ever get used to "normal" life again, having a steady job? Everytime I come back from a holiday I'm depressed for at least a few weeks, because work pales by comparison. I've been studying the Raleigh website to see, if this could be something for me, still thinking though. At the moment I'm on a project in Berlin-Germany. It's a challenging job, therefore stressfull, but it takes a tax on my positive thinking capabilities. Any tips? Anyway I think it's great what you're doing and looking forward to your next entry! Take care, love Fiona