Halfway!

July 24th, 2014

By Kelsey Da.

Today was exactly 1/2 into our stay in the rainforest.  The day started out great with my favorite breakfast...fruit & granola.  From there, we were able to steal one of the guides to go on a guided hike. Our hike lasted until lunch and we saw lots of different types of monkeys, a few birds, and a lot of other things we have seen previously.

After lunch, we did one of our service projects.  

We all walked out on the Matapalo trail a little and helped carry and place wooden steps that the workers processed from a fallen tree. They were heavy, but with all of us working together, we finished in less than 30 minutes. 

As we returned, Jose offered us another hike at 3pm.  Only about  of us went on the hike, but we saw titi monkeys and scratch marks on a tree from a Jaguar.  

Before dinner, a lot of people played soccer and hung out on the boats. 

One of the birds in that area even pooped on me :-(, but at least it wasn't a spider :-).  Some people went out for a night hike after dinner tonight.  Others will go tomorrow and Saturday.  Apparently, the group the went out tonight saw the eye shine and the body of the Jaguar!

Overall, this trip has been a big challenge for me, but is still an amazing experience.  I am meeting some great people and learning a lot.