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Baby turtles
I was on the 1.30-5am shift again last night. It’s lovely being on the beach at night, but such a trek to get there it’s exhausting – haven’t had chance to get jet-lag jet! – going to ask if I can do every other night rather than every night ! Last night though – a…
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Jungle Trek
Yesterday we did a trek through the nearby jungle to look for evidence of bats and to water the mangrove plants with salt water from the sea. There is a plant which is taking over so they need the mangroves to stop these plants spreading. However they are slow growing so going to be a…
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Beach Patrol
This morning at 1.30am I headed down to the beach where the turtles nest with 3 others. It was quite a trek to get there including wading through a stream, Then once we were there we turned our torches off and let our eyes adjust to the light . We walked up and down the…
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1st Sunset
Walked down to the beach to see the Sunset – it was amazing 🌅
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Day 1 Turtle project – learning what’s what
This morning I have had an introduction / induction, a talk about Turtles and a walk down to the hatchery + lunch cooked for me People here are friendly & welcoming – some CR locals who live at the project. An Australian, a German, French and a girl from Chile. We have to check each…
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Travelling to Costa Rica
So I finally arrived after about 18 hours of travel! Got to Heathrow at 4am but nothing opened until 4.30am! However the benefit of being there early was that I got through bag check -in and security quite quickly. There was a rogue tube of hand cream in my bag that I didn’t realise was…
Karen’s Turtle Trip - Costa Rica 