Sun 28 Feb

Today I woke up around 720am and got ready to go. Freddy and I left by 8am and made a quick stop to change dollars to Boliviano on the street (the black market), then made it to the terminal just in time as the bus was getting ready to leave. Freddy got me all set on the bus, then he was on his way. The bus left shortly after and I got to the park around 230pm. As I walked into the park, Spider Monkeys ran across the trail and at that moment I knew I had arrived at the right place. I met a man named Rob and he told me I could start by working in the quarantine for monkeys. When I got there, I started by helping dig out a small pool for the turtle cage. Other people were helping by laying bricks on the ground to make it easier for the turtles to get around in the rainy season. After work, the new people and I got a tour of the whole place which was helpful. Then we had a candle lit dinner because there is no power in the camp. After dinner, the new people and I had to leave to go to Santa Maria because there were too many volunteers in the park and there wasn’t enough room to sleep. When we arrived, we searched around the town for awhile until we found a shack that was the extra volunteer house. We got settled in and then chilled and went to bed.