Llevarla suave

The expression "Llevarla suave" translates to carry it soft, or in other words, to take it easy.

Days 22 -26:
This week, we traveled from La Fortuna to Quepos.  I am staying in volunteer housing, a dorm sized room with no air conditioning on top of it being incredibly humid here.  The hotel is associated with a wildlife center called Kids Saving The Rainforest which was started in 1999 by 9 year old girls. It's a center that rescues, rehabs, and releases a large variety of wild animals.  They have some resident animals that include coatimundis, squirrel monkeys, spider monkeys, white-faced monkeys, howler monkeys, parrots and parakeets, sloths, and many others.  We had the opportunity to do enrichment for these animals, as well as a necropies on a howler monkey and roadside hawk.

 

 

One of the days we were here, the students found an injured fiery-billed aracari with a right wing droop.  My colead and I caught the bird, I figured out the wing was broken, brought it into the clinic where it was given pain-meds, and then I wrapped the wing.  Unfortunately, the bird stressed itself over night and didn't make it.

My colead and I have been trying to plan out our vacation time in between our two groups. We don't have much planned yet, but we are looking forward to some beach time, drinks, nature hikes, and a whole lot of relaxation! Ciao!