hey hey,Seen so many creatures this week, to list them... Amazon horn frog, owl butterflies, some giant duck that was sitting on top of canopy (bit of a bizarre place for a duck), a Chachalaca bird (what a cool name for a bird) and 20 swallow tailed kites.The baby turtles have started to hatch from their nests, we released 57 into the temporary enclosure on Tuesday, i got to help place them in the pool, they are soo tiny and delicate. Had to be careful not t...

Hey,Ended up coming into town this weekend after all. Have lots to tell you about so here it goes...Started off on monday when we got back from Puerto, we found a nest of baby rats in the bin in our kitchen, the mother must´ve just given birth to them over the edge and left them. Unfortunately for them we fed them to the Ocelot, as it helps her learn how to hunt for live pray. Later that morning my task was to build a wall round the turtle nests and to crea...

Hola,Im amazed at how poorly my spanish is coming along, im hoping il pick it up faster when im on the road and cant rely on other people. But anyway, the weeks here seem to be flying by, im having trouble even trying to remember whats happened this week. Im starting to get into the routine of things here and so because exciting things happen everday i just dont notice them anymore. My friend made an Indo board (balancing board) which i have spent most my free ti...

Hey ho, Highlight of the week was going on a Camen hunt on Tuesday night. Stuart the man who set up the project im on, is a specialist, so we all went during the night in the boat and searched for Camen. Took several attempts as you can only catch them when they are on land otherwise they become to strong, as they can use their tails in the water. As they heard the boat approaching they would dart into the water. After a couple of hours Stuart managed to catch ...

Hey, To start on a bad note i had my purse stolen from me last weekend. just a pickpocket, i was with 5 guys and they decided to pickpocket me out of us all. Not a good start to the week, managed to get everything sorted though so its all good. Not done much work this week at the lodge. We had several new voluteers arrive last weekend so a number of trips were planned for us. On the monday we went across the river to a tribal farmer (Enrique) He showed us a...