When thinking back over our cuatro weeks with
the Corcovado Foundation nosotros find it hard to put words to our experience.
Every day was a new adventure. From tortugias with three flippers to
elusive mammals eating mangos and chips on our front porch, you can never guess
what’s going to happen next!
Over the tres semanas we spent in Rio Oro
we saw almost cien olive ridley turtles(lora), tres Tortuga negro y muchos tortugitas.
The rugged and remote location of Rio Oro [plus lack of wifi] really made us
feel closer to nature. The local ninos(Oscar y Wilson y loco Wilber) that came with us on our patrols helped
us to learn some basic Spanish [as you can see throughout our blog post it has
expanded immensely]. We learnt about the tides, marea alta/ marea baja and le mar, la
luna, le cielo y actividad por el tortugas.
Some activities we got to partake in at
Rio Oro included, ordenar sacar leche
con vacas and making queso from said leche, washing the water buffalo, a ver monos
y VAMOS A MONTAR A CABALLO, leading Costa Rican jungle treks (without Muñeco),
playa clean up and so much more. One of our personal highlights was to see the
guapa roseate spoonbills, a bird that we never thought we would see.
In Drake Bay our favourite job was
relaxing in the hammocks at the hatchery. Taking part in exhumations allowed us
to see underdeveloped tortugitas and other factors that effect and impede the
growth of a turtle.
Overall, this experience has changed us
for the better, allowing us to expand our knowledge of tortugas, tico culture
and leadership skills. We have blossomed throughout our Tortuga journey and we will
now forever glistening and sparkle like the bioluminescence that twinkles in the
arena between our toes, like the Estrella fugaz above our heads (a glitter
sandwich if you will) and the glow of the Tortuga carapace will forever be in
our hearts.
And who is the elusive WE that we speak
of, that’s for us to know and for you to find out. xoxo gossip goat.
Con
Mucho Gusto,
Lucia,
Karla, Flash y Muñeco (not Cocoa).
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