Our week at the turtle project is officially over after one turtle sighting and lots of sightings of other critters, including a scorpion in our dorm room last night. Our day in Samara was ideal, allowing all of us to enjoy swimming in some calm ocean water until the high tide chased us off of the sand. After visiting what is now our favorite chain smoothie joint, we headed back to Camaronal and hung out for the rest of the night because our last patrol had been on Saturday night. This morning, we departed for San Jose after some surprisingly sad goodbyes with the new friends we had made with the volunteers and staff at Camaronal. Not only were they a lot of fun to hang out with, they answered all of our turtle related questions so helpfully and taught us a lot about patrolling and protecting the species. So not sighting of the giant baula, or leatherback turtle, but a good week nonetheless.
We are in San Jose now, spending a few days in the big bustling city before departing to Roatan. We thought we had until Thursday to see San Jose and the surrounding areas but we are actually leaving on Wednesday so we have to scrap our plans to climb a volcano. Instead we will enjoy our awesome BUG FREE hostel with a great kitchen for us to cook group dinners and plenty of hammocks. For those who haven´t heard, hammocks have become a big concern among our group. When the supply of hammocks is small, the demand seems to be very high and it is a fierce fight to get a spot. Thankfully, that shouldn´t be a big worry here in San Jose.