Day 10 Sea turtles
Today was an adventurous day on the coast near Nicaragua. To start off our last day in Costa Rica we had breakfast at the house of the family that’s been feeding us here. We had some amazing coffee and some great homemade cheese with our pinto de gallo (rice and beans of course) and tortillas. After breakfast in our rash guards and swim trunks, we headed to the beach. There we hopped onto two boats with a third research boat behind us, and took an hour-long boat ride to the other side of the bay. First, we watched just the researchers demonstrate how to take samples and measure a sea turtle, then we split up into two big groups. While half patrolled the net while snorkeling, the others just snorkeled around to find fish and guide turtles to the net. Once there was a turtle on the boat, groups of 2-4 helped collect information about the turtle and then release them again. We then had lunch on the boat, which was a variety of salads, some more rice (you should have seen that comin