16:30
Currently laying in Hotel Cacts again which is nice, I think my cold is slowly
drifting away and the luxuries of hot showers and warm comfortable rooms are
certainly helping.
The
early start today was made easier from the massive rest, meal and medicine I
had last night. I had spotted the 'van'
outside by my host family's place and so we swiftly climbed aboard and headed
to San Jose to prepare for the arrival of the CSU students.
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| Whale Mural (D.Philpot) |
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| San Jose Observatory Museum (D.Philpot) |
When
we arrived at the hotel I managed to get myself locked inside the bathroom as
the handle was dodgy and there were no large windows to escape from so I had to
wait for p-man to help break me out. We
prepared for the arrival of the students as ML went to collect the first of the
3 girls from the airport. We then
visited each of our restaurants that we were assigned to take our student
groups to, and we also grabbed some Cosechas fresh fruit smoothies (some of the
best I've ever had).
In
the evening I went to the airport to pick up the third assistant (SL), who
p-man or moss man (now on referred to as PS) had met before, along with the
first male student to arrive. It was
great to meet SL as she had previously assumed the same role as me in the
station at the absolute reserve, and it was a unique experience for me to
undertake this role as a teaching assistant welcoming the student to the field
course and this beautiful country.