Mon 1 March

Today we woke up around 630am and got ready to go to the refuge. 15 of us volunteers hitched a ride from a trucker going in the direction toward the refuge. It was fun because this was the first time I had ever hitched a ride in my life and it was even better jamming 15 volunteers into the cab of this truck. Once we made it to the refuge, the people told us that we wouldn’t be able to help with anything of ever get to work with a cat because there were too many people. I decided I would return in a month or so because I had time. I hitched a ride back to Santa Maria, packed my things, hitched a ride to the bus station, and then was on my way back to Santa Cruz. When I arrived into Santa Cruz, I got picked up by Freddy and Pablo. I was super happy to see them after the long trip and felt at home again. When we arrived at the house, I ate dinner and then went to bed.