Teaching English in local Mayto school

I started teaching 6 to 11 year olds English at the local Mayto school this week. It has been great and I will continue to attend 2 mornings a week until we leave in November. I have a nice variety now, what with the turtles, gardening in the compound, and now this. Lovely children - 14 in all in the class. Jonas, the guy with the Beckham t-shirt, is the son of the Mayto hotel owner and lives here in the hotel. Great guy and he also speaks good English, having lived in the USA for 6 years before coming here. He is my "assistant"! All good otherwise and nothing further to report this week. J.

2nd weekend in Mayto (cont)

Hi everyone. Just completed our 2nd weekend here and about to embark on an ice cold beer at the local hotel, plus meal. Some photos of turtles plus the old bugger doing his paper work!! Do not worry, it is not consular work, just claims docs!!

Picute on the left taken by Marilyn this morning, early hours. About to recover eggs from the laying Olive Ridley turtle. Such a great experience for us both. Other picture shows Marilyn releasing a baby to the deep the other evening. All good here and getting used to the tent sleeping arrangements but, hey, that is not a problem when we look out and see the ocean view from it. Bye for now. J

2nd weekend in Mayto.

First turtles!!

Hello again blog followers. Here we are at Campo Mayto Turtle Conservation, some 3 hours from Puerto Vallarta. We arrived here last Tuesday evening and have been settling down to our new lifestyle living in a tent on the beach. Some random photos are attached including a really viscious crab who decided to invade on our sleeping space and was given the exit treatment via my current paperback read! The pellicans are very common here but quite imposing birds. Lastly, some baby hawksbill turtles which hatched overnight and are to be released to the sea this evening. Marilyn and I go on our first night patrol tonight with the newly arrived quad-bike, so hope to bring back some more eggs. Gestation period, hy the way, is approx. 42 / 45 days. All is good and I also start teaching English tomorrow to kindergarten children in the school nearby. See you. J

Update from Mayto Conservation Camp

Still in Puerto Vallarta!!

Hello blogmates. Here we are still in Puerto Vallarta having completed the Spanish revision course on Friday. Unfortunately, Marilyn has been very ill with a bout of gastro-enteritis and had to be admitted to the local hospital on Friday afternoon. She was very poorly but thankfully on the mend now after being discharged last night. She must take it easy for a few days before we move out to the turtle conservation area. Thank goodness for travel insurance as I now have 2 pending claims what with the flight debarcle on August 28th and now this medical claim. Hopefully I can sort everything out when I return in February, assuming there is no time limit on the submissions. Postage out here could be a bit of a mission as we will be in such a remote area for 10/11 weeks.

Otherwise, all is good and we're looking forward to the change of scenery this coming week. I'm also looking forward to posting some photos and these will follow. We've had alot of rain here and hopefully that will subside when we are on the Pacific Coast in our remote paradise. Back next week with an update. Jon.