Well, worry no longer, Costa Rica has now been saved, although I do wonder if we should've just let the toucan species become extinct....(that was Andrew's idea - nice one, Andrew....) The work was lovely, the animals were very marvellous (well nearly all of them), though we did have some very naughty escapees during our time there:-
- 2 monkies came strolling down the path one day....
- Louise the tapir ambled into the food storage area and ate all the papaya.......
- A wild pig ate through the gate 3 times and terrorised all the other wild pigs that hadn't had the good sense to chew through any gates.......
- 2 Pava Crestadas (remember the 12' high ones with talons like shovels) ate through their netting and were never seen again.
FREEDOM!!
The other volunteer would worry lots about these episodes. I however was always hugely delighted when a break out was announced.
Now I'm not going to take a long time with this email....no really I'm not. Basically because I'm on a free internet in a hostel in San Jose ('cos I'm very poor and can't afford to go to a proper cafe that charges 40 pence an hour...) And because it's free there are many other poor travelling types standing around waiting for their chance to use something for free, so I must be a fair and nice person and give them a go (even though they are very young and very beautiful and very skinny).
So it just leaves me to say have a WONDERFUL festive time, whatever you're doing.
We're moving off to Ecuador shortly, to sort out a bit of a Galapagos cruise before working on saving their country, like we've just saved Costa Rica. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it....
Lots of love from me and the wee fella xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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You call that saving the planet? All your flights have probably melted the homes of all the polar bears and penguins - what about them eh? And that's not all. What about the poor unfortunate people who take a well earned couple of months off each year to help the planet by sliding down mountains in the Alps only to find no frigging snow because it has all melted because some selfish people fly half way round the world to intefere with animals who would rather be left alone (which is why they attcked you).
And another thing, you say the family you were staying with had a 9 year old daughter and a 3 year old grandchild - that means she gave birth at 6 years old! Bloody funny business if you ask me.
Jim.
P.S. That photo page thingy is a good idea. Saves us all having to look through your album when you get back and having to listen to hundreds of tedious tales, like "oohh it was so hard and the rain was wet and those people were so friendly and then we got drunk and blah blah blah for hours and hours and hours".
P.P.S. This is my first ever posting on a blog. I have just lost my blog-virginity to you both. Do you feel cheap and used?
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