Now officially our favourite National Park! It had it all: lovely surroundings, natural wildlife and beaches that came out of nowhere. We came into close contact with a deer, a sloth and seen a venomous snake that, if bitten, would kill you within 20 minutes (used the lens for that picture). This is a definate recommendation for anyone going to Costa Rica. The pictures of it speak for themselves. ... read more

We spent our first week volunteering at a conservation project for endangered sea turtles on the beautiful Matapalo Beach. It was situated in the heart of the traditional communities of the Tico people with only one small shop and certainly no tourists for miles. With very basic accomodation, no hot water, a diet of rice and beans and bans on alcohol we all knew straight off it was going to be a long week. We had arrived under the pretence that we may not even see a single turtle or egg, but in actual fact everyone in our group got to see what they came to see and probably much more. Our week consisted of nightly three hour patrols of the 6km beach, watching over the hatchery (where the eggs were kept), making nests for the ... read more

We thought there would be no better way to start our next bout of travel and working abroad than to go back to our second home on the Cape. And we knew from the moment we got there we had made the right decision. Three weeks with the OE guys would have been enough fun to last a lifetime and that was before the real hard work (and fun) had even began. Working 12 hour days can definately be fun depending on how much your willing to put into it. Luckily we were joined by our third muskateer this year, Claire's sister Gillian, which brought the summer to a whole new meaning and level making probably our best summer in the states. There are too many memories to put up here and too many awesome new ... read more