Day Nine

 

We started off our last morning at Finca La Anita with a simple, delicious breakfast before heading off on the bus towards the beach! After an unfortunate accident up the road caused us to take an extra detour, we finally arrived at our Hotel Tatanka by Playa Junquillal and had a nice pizza lunch. After that, we took some time to get settled in before heading off to the beach. Heavy rain and wind cut our trip short and threatened our chances at going on our nighttime turtle search. Fortunately, the weather was on our side, and after listening to a presentation on the Second year bio-informatics trip, we watched quite possibly the worst movie ever made "In Time", starring Justin Timberlake and that girl Karen from Mean Girls. 

After that, we headed off into the night at around 10pm to go hunt for a nesting turtle, and after having to turn around and make a two-kilometer detour, we finally got to watch an olive ridley turtle lay her eggs and make its way back to the water. 

Unfortunately, with over a century on his clock, Sage was trampled by the turtle as it made its way back to the sea. Exhausted and sweaty, we got back to our rooms at around 1am and passed out in the blissful atmosphere of an air-conditioned room. 

Hays Turner and Aaron Tan







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