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The Olive Ridley  
   

The Olive Ridley

The name comes from the colour of their shells.
Parlamero. . . . thats an interesting one for the CV!!

September 4th 2006
Having thoroughly brushed up on our Spanish we made our way to our next volunteer project, in Hawaii. Not the American Hawaii, but a very small village on the Pacific coast of Guatemala and one of the main nesting sites for the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle. This was of course accompanied by the obligatory super long bus journey but we made all our connections on the magic buses without any hitches so i ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Pacific Coast » Hawaii

Guatemalan Flag The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more
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