Blogs from Turrialba, Volcán Turrialba, Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean

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... ... read more

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 not, still happy of course... So all in all we shifted the entire stack by 1500, a total of 300 km's walked and individually about 25 km's. No mean feat!!! Were we all smiling at ... read more

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 thee is no sound and its in black and white. Whys it NOt working!!!!!! ... read more

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Being back in FB is bit of a culture shock i wasn't ready for. The pace of life is so much different to that on project. Much slower, not as structured. It hit me quite hard. Missed being on project today. Highlight/ achievement: I built a 5m swimming pool with 6 desks, a tarp and some polythene. It was great, we bought some inflatables and found an inflatable strecher. Fun and games were had by all in our afternoon swim. Then i found the diving kit, a necessary item in 75 cm deep water. A quiet night really, caught up on emails etc...... read more