Friday,
July 20th
Alice
was a champ and volunteered to cover my half of the crawl counts in order to
let me have a full night’s sleep for once. When I woke up, I felt much
better...still tired, but no stomach problems. Alice recommended I drink Suero,
which is the Guatemalan version of an electrolyte drink. It was probably one of
the more disgusting drinks that I’ve had, but I needed it.
The powedered form of Suero...YUCK!
The small hatchery was finished and leveled today! The volunteers that are left are so awesome and managed to level it all out. Now I just need to start working on my plans to expand and revamp it. The small hatchery is in pretty bad shape. The walls are broken and the door barely covers the entry way, so it isn’t very protected from outside intruders like people, dogs, crabs, etc. Apparently, a new hatchery only costs around $500, so if I can raise some money I think that we could do a lot to make this hatchery bigger and better.
We could even just
fix the small hatchery and build another small one. No one has taken the
initiative yet to make these hatcheries better so I will. In the next week or
so I’m going to be making some calls to get a better idea about supplies and
plans.
Why the small hatchery needs to be fixed...
The
rest of the day was spent doing odd end projects that needed to be completed
like painting trees, organizing t-shirts that the parque sells, and washing
extra mosquito nets and towels. Emma and Pernille (two Danish volunteers) left
today, which was super sad. They were amazing volunteers and just fun people to
be around in general. I’m going to miss them! One of the hard things about this
job is meeting super cool people then having to say goodbye to them.
Glenda
came back from her mangrove conference for the night and she bought me a little
seashell souvenir from Monterrico! She is so sweet. Last time she went to
Monterrico she got me a new pair of earrings and now this. She really is the
best boss a girl could ask for!!
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