Welcome to my Blog! :)





Welcome to my blog!!!


This blog was created so that all of you; my dear friends and family, would be able to follow my abroad adventures...
I was on International Exchange in Wales, UK from Sept. 20, 2010-June 10th, 2011. I also spent an amazing 3 months on International Internship in Tortuguero-Costa Rica, working with COTERC for the Conservation and Monitoring of Marine Turtles
from June 14th-Sept 14th, 2011...


Here are the stories...enjoy :)


Friday, June 24, 2011


SOME NEIGHBOURS AT CANO PALMA BIOLOGICAL STATION



Widdle Maggie :)...our sweet, station dog (and doorbell)








Tuesday, June 21, 2011

CANO PALMA BIOLOGICAL STATION- Some pics

Me! on my way to Cano Palma Station

Two nice guys I met when I arrived

Our dock

The common area, where we work, eat and hang out

Our kitchen

Puppy! :)

The canal we cross everyday to work

Lauren with two baby turtles we dug up, they were very weak :(

Going to work, crossing the canal with Danai

The dormitory

A freshwater turtle that somehow got into the canoe

Birding equipment

Todd and his snakes

My bed, no bugs bug me there!

Out Kayaking

 This is "The bird's nest" a relaxing area on our dock :)

 Yeah, that's a dead baby washed up on the beach

Todd measuring an Annulated Tree Boa

At work

 Green Sea Turtle track....yes, im the green turtle :)

Getting our stuff ready for the DIG!

 Being a pineapple :D


Yes, all our equipment stinks after we've dug up a rotten nest...YUM 


Tired from the long exausting 10km walk looking for turtle nests

WK 2- Sea Turtle conservation @ work

(Successful hatched nest- Leatherback Hatchlings)