Ok first things first, il fill you in on what happened yesterday. I had a little trip to the clinic as ive been feeling rough for about 3 weeks and wanted to get anything sorted out before i started travelling around. My friend Joel also has been ill and also another friend Phil , was taken to hospital to be put on a drip as he had a kidney infection. They think we all have the same virus thing but has caused different problems for each of us. I got to have an ul...

Well another week gone by. I´ve only got one more week left till i leave my project and start my touring of south america. Getting excited but i will be so sad to leave Taricaya. My plans are to get a truck with 3 other volunteers to Cusco the Inca capital of Peru, where ill visit Machu Pichu and other ruins. From there Ill travel to Lake Titicaca and Bolivia, Nazca lines and then Chile. Well the week just been, ive had quite a few disgusting jobs. Rippin...

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...