OK guys, these are some of the pictures from the turtle trip I had on mid october (20th to 22nd) for my social service, it was great, except for the storms that arrived at nights, but we really had a  great time...

Well, this is the place, We got there through a 20 minute muddy off-road way, one of the most exciting things on the adventure. We got there by night, and the storm was waay strong, I even saw a thunder a few meters from us... when we were about to make it to the place, in the middle of all that darkness, all of a sudden, a big thunder illuminated the camp as well as the beach, it was a great welcome, you should have seen the scenery.
 
 

Ok, after the tempest, comes the calm. This how the place looks like, it's a great bay, with a lighthouse in one of its edges. The sand is white, great temperature (not weather at that time), and it's a very good place to have some rest. When we got there, it was a little bit of a problem to put up our tent. The wind was blowing so hard, we had a hard time to do it. You can tell by seeing how the tent was being so deformed because of the wind.
 
 
 
 

This is the first night of the trip, we got to see many turtles that night, it is really a great experience!, Briefly, what we do there is walking the beach, in search of turtles, if we see one, we have to wait until it drops its eggs and then we take all those eggs to the camp. There, we have a designated place where we bury the eggs. We do this so the people from the near towns don't steel the eggs or the turtle. It's like a race between us and the "hueveros", to see who gets first there and either kills the turtle and steals the eggs (them), or take care of them in order to the surviving of the species.
 
 

See you soon.    Jahir.

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