Hi guys. Today we are shopping in El Tuito and visiting the Bird Nature Reserve at Rancha Primervera after lunch, so thought I´d just update this end. No photos today as I'm in a internet cafe with a screen that has no access to memory stick. I'll post some photos next week or at the weekend.
All is good here as we enter our last 2 weeks at the Conservation Camp. The girls (Cybil and Sammy) left us last Friday to return to the USA and Costa Rica respectively, so Marilyn and I are the only volunteers now and we are really busy with turtle egg night patrols and minding the nest corale next to our tent where alot of nests collected by us in September are now hatching and we are releasing baby turtles every night after sunset to the ocean. 45 days is the incubation period and on Saturday, we expect 12 nests to be ready for clearing!! Thus, the mid-week visit to El Tuito. We have had our problems recently with dogs predating nests in our corale, despite our best efforts to keep them out! 2 last night and it makes Marilyn and I very sad. They find a way in, either under the netting, or breaking it and jumping over. Most frustrating but we still feel we have done our share for turtle conservation despite these set-backs.
We move off to Puerto Vallarta on the 25th to the volunteer flat for a couple of days and then travel to Cabo San Lucas via Mazatlan ferry to La Paz on the 27th. Sight-seeing and staying at hostels on the way. The "Island Princess" is due in Cabo San Lucas on 7th December. 2 weeks of luxury after 3 months of sleeping in a tent on the shore! A comfortable bed is something to look forward to!!
Well, my time is up so I´m off to the shops with Marilyn before lunch. Take care followers and more photos to follow. Jon
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