Wildlife & Conservation Project - The Osa Peninsula Monday 17th May - Sunday 13th June I spent four weeks on a wildlife & conservation project and instead of providing you with a day by day account of what I did, it would be much easier to provide an overview of the project and the kind of things we got up to. So here goes..... So where was I? We were based on the Osa Peninsula which is located in the south-western region of Costa Rica and is flanked ...

Hi All! So the Central America Ethical Trail has come to an end and we have all seen some pretty amazing things along the way. It is now time for the conservation project where we will be spending 4 weeks in a remote part of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica doing rainforest and marine conservation. This sounds pretty exciting and I’m really looking forward to be back doing the conservation activities. As this site is so remote, it is highly unlikely that I w...

Wednesday 12th May The Wheels on the Bus! We were all up early and after a delicious breakfast of granola, yoghurt, banana and honey we set off to catch our bus to the border. Catching the bus around 6am meant we were left standing for the hours ride as the bus was fully packed out with locals heading off to their days work. Our bags had been thrown up on top of the chicken bus as is customary on this form of transport so it was not great to see the heavens ...