Sarah’s Birthday at Yarisnori
Lydia & Jenn & high impact beach near Soropta Canal
We’re all at Yarisnori restaurant to celebrate Sarah’s birthday. Our bare feet on the sand floor, the setting sun, the gentle ocean breezes, with the ocean 75 feet away are a stark contrast to what we are hearing about the weather back at home. The mood in the group is high. Having us all in one place has strengthened group bonds. While all have become accustomed to cold showers,, electricity for 6 hours a day, no Internet and tight quarters, they will be happy to get to a warm bed and warm showers and the familiarity of home.
Yesterday we took a boat ride up the Soropta Canal— a vestige from an earlier era in banana transportation. There was much wildlife to see and we took time to get out of the boat to visit the nearby high impact beach which is an important turtle nesting site. All the projects are preceding well. One of our last vestiges of civilization disappeared when the projector bulb burned out. No more movie night or powerpoint presentations. The students will complete their write-ups tomorrow and they will present on Sunday morning. We”ll be leaving for Panama City via Air Panama on Sunday afternoon. We may not be able to update you until Sunday evening. I’m running out of battery. I did upload some photos in the Photo Album section: ITEC March 8, Ari Radcliffe’s photos under student albums, and some of Nick’s Photos.
Talking with Alicai and Enrique