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hi all
Am currently in Puerto Vallarta. I've been dropped back in to civilisation for the weekend, as i usually stay an hour south of the city just outside La Cruz de Lorreto and the camp i'm staying at is about about 4km away. The camp has no running water or electricity so a shower involves a bucket of water from the well (the toilet is along the same lines!!)
We were really lucky on the 1st night of patrolling, as we saw a turtle finding a spot to lay her eggs. It takes her a total of 2 hours for the whole process, from finding her spot, digging her hole, laying the eggs (up to 200), filling the hole, and then disguising the spot. we then dig the eggs out and take them to somewhere that they can be guarded so they're not taken by the poachers. unfortunalty the same 1st night, we got lost on the way back to the camp and ended up walking 26km in the sand at night. we got back to the camp at 9:30am after leaving 12 hours previous!! since then its gone a little smother!
we can't actually go in the sea by the camp as the tide is too strong, and we can't swim in the lagoon as there are crocodiles in it - so tomorrow i'm gonna have a beach day before catching the bus back to the village, ready for another two weeks in the middle of nowhere!
promise to put more pics on soon
kaf xxx
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