its monday and it is 2217 ive been working since 0830, but it will be worth it we have packed or fully loaded two vehicles full of kit including a boat and engine and we are heading off tomorrow to San Lucas Island the place with the prison. WE are arriving tomorrow the participants arrive Wednesday for their 4 day survival camp. Plus a lot of sillyness and fun games. I will down load the photos when i get back. I wont be on here for a while but it would be great to hear from you all thjose that haven't [View Full Entry]

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Myself and hugh were locked away in the Bodega all day. The highlight today was getting out alive... oh just thought, bodega means shed, more like a warehouse. [View Full Entry]

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WHAT TIME IS IT, GUESS WHAT ITS BODEGA TIME...... Highlight of the day: Taking the satisfaction from knowing i now know ever inch of the bodega whats in it and that all that is in there is usable... The past 5 days have been worth it. I managed to get the nintendo games system we found in the staff room working, everyone had failed before, all it took was some silver foil and a paper clip. Again i know what im doing DO NOT play with electrical things and paper clips. Promise me now. We have bond on. Only problem is [View Full Entry]

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A new challenge greeted myself and hugh today at the morning meeting. We are to plan vehicle movements and kit allocations for the change overs, trekking and island phase. Simple i thought umm no, kit here, people there vehicles every where and some how we had to assign vehicles people and kit to alpha groups and campsites. Confusing: Yes. Easy : No. Head ache : Yes. Achieved it : of course. All planned laid out if it aint in its not going... Seeing will be believing if it actually goes accoding to plan. [View Full Entry]

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Hugh, Amanda and i started toget the kit organised for the change over. Hugh and Amanada had the far greater task of sorting the food. I was now in charge of radios and electrical equipment. My afternoon was spent packing for a road trip to visit Alpha 2 at the base of Vocan Tonorio up in the North of Costa Rica. I really can't wait to get out of FB getting cabin fever. Had cabin fever more like... [View Full Entry]

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We awoke full of energy and raring to go for our first day on project. WE arrived on site at 0600, the locals had started at 0530. That was to be our start time from now on. Our day consisted of moving concrete building blocks 500m's from the bottom of a hill, even at 0700 it was extremely hot, up over the hill across a stream and a little further to the project site. Basically we had 300 blocks, one block per person, 15kg a block, a 1 km round trip, 30 degrees with no shade. Hard work no of course [View Full Entry]

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Woke up 0445 Up and out 0520 on site 0530 (on time) Work today. Same route!!! Moving 4m timber today lengths of 4x3 heavy work again, but getting up early means we dont work in the heat of the day. Achievements: All timber shifted. Finished our out door shower which consisted of a wooden frame which supported a bucket with holes in. It worked wonderfully. Highlights. Swimming in the river and cooling off. Amanda , hugh and Yvette arriving from field base. [View Full Entry]

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Woke up 0445 Up and out 0520 on site 0530 (on time again) Work today. Same route, but when you stop and take it in its beautiful. To think we are in an indigenous reserve away from the so called normal way of life. We had to move 25kg bags of cement and sheets of 8x4 and 5x3. Fortunatley we managed to move the cemment up and over the hill in the Raleigh Landdy (thankfully). The Sheets we carried on poles two people to a pole. Although at the end we managed to get these on the roof of the Lanndy [View Full Entry]

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Woke up 0530 Up and out 0600 On site: we didnt have to today as very unfortunately we left Alpha 3, i didn't think i would be so disappointed but it was a real shame to leave the group and the project behind. Work today. Drive back to FB. Achievements: Made it back safely. Highlights. Cathcing up with everyone at field base. Having a semi-warm shower. [View Full Entry]

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