Blogs from Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 12

Alarm went off at 0630, shame i had already been up for 2 hours!!! Had my first shower today, seems theres only one tap and its not a hotone!!! My it was cold the sort of cold that takes your breath away, some say its refreshing i say its COLD. After breakfast we covered setting up the entire radio system including finding a location for the antenna which you have to hang from a tree. I'll include a pic at some point. We also ran through such things as SITREP's these are situation reports that are sent in each day from... read more

Oops forgot again!!! This is the Raleigh International blog for our project here in Costa Rica. Once again i have no control over what is put on here... www.raleighcostarica.blogspot.com... read more

Hey its actually Friday a bit behind again. Will get to that later. Monday saw the HCP's arrive, for the rest of us thats Host Countriy Participants. It is the other string to Raleigh's bow. They sponsor up to 20 locals to join in the expedition. Which other wise the would not be able to afford or have the opportunity to do this. We have 7 joining us this time. Only issue is they don't speak English, which is a little presumptuous, and i can not speak Spanish. One even asked me if I didn't want to learn, through a translator, that was... As the day progressed we had some more classes and then we popped into town to get some bits for the projects. On the way back we popped into Pop's for mango ice ... read more

Since arriving here on tuesday morning life has been very busy for Dave and I!!! I will find some time to fill you in on all the dteails soon but to keep you going this is the Raleigh International blog site. I can not guarentee the contents of this site so be warned. Hope you are all very well, 4T enjoy your final week at school, missing you all lots and lots, as I am the rest of the school. Right its getting time i went to bed, we slept in the jungle last night after a 12km hike yesterday in ... read more

Arrival into Costa Rica went without a hitch, flights and connections ran smoothly. Although it still freaks me out being that high in the sky and having no control over it. Ross (program manager/scottish!!!) met us at the airport where we arranged cabs to Costa Rica backpackers. We being myself, Emma S, Nimrat, Piers and Ian all Project staff. On arrival they hadn't heard of us although Ross was adamant he'd had a 20 min conversation with them earlier in the day. We have truely arrived in Central america!!! After checking in dropping the bags off in our room we headed ... read more