Well we finished the ´Swamp´! the information centre/bar. we through a leaving party on tuesday night as 6 people left on wednesday It was a brilliant night, had lots of fun and was quite eventful. great way to say goodbye to everyone. There was a huge storm on friday and it knocked down two huge trees right by the lodge that i was standing in, had to run out as fast as i could just in case one fell and crushed the building.The mosquitoes are such a p...

Hola,Has been a pretty hot week this week, has rained at some point everyday though, but luckily during our lunch break its been super hot so we all go dive off a bridge into the creek to cool down. Dont even want to think what could be in the water. We know there are sting rays but they only stay at the bottom so as ong as you dont dive too deep its ok.We have lemon/lime trees around the lodge and one of them had to be chopped down for some reason, so we had to ...

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...