As some of you may know (and most of you may not know), I am headed down to Costa Rica for 33 days beginning May 21. While the first three weeks will be spent working at a traveling free health care clinic dubbed La Clinica de la Mariposa (lit. "The Clinic of the Butterfly"), I chose to extend my itinerary to afford me some time for independent travel. I am thrilled and also a bit nervous about the endeavor-- speaking clinical espanol is not in my wheelhouse (yet), though in the end attitude and a willingness to look and sound a bit goofy in any attempts to treat patients is something I can roll with.
I am hoping to spend approximately one week volunteering at one of two sea turtle nesting sanctuaries and hatcheries. Tasks such as patrolling at night for poachers, collecting eggs, measuring and tagging adults, releasing hatchlings and combating invasive species will demand most of my time. However, I am hoping for some time to surf and sit in a hammock to write.
While I plan to write extensively in a journal during the epic adventure, I will do my best to update friends, family and happenstance readers alike with regaling tales and profound anecdotes... or just to brag about how nice the weather is!
Stay tuned! Salud!
~M@
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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