The island of the men and milking cows

The last two weeks in CR I spent doing voluntary work. First on the isla tortuga, a very touristy place, at least between 0900 and 1700 when the tourists are there and then in el silcencio, an eco friendly cooperative, where I saw and learned lots about the countryside of costa rica.

Ill put up some pictures:

The Island...a dream

The people I worked with. a total of around 11 people were on the Island. 2 volunteers, a cook, a woman working in the giftshop and a lot of guys. all people from nicaragua and good workers. the only problem: I was hit on 24/7. I'll write up the "names" so I wont forget them: I had cone names in german for talking behing their bck in german with Julia so they wouldnt notice:

left to right: der vati; Noel, der böse; der neue (just came on our last day); Ernesto, der kleine süße; Leister (the only one without a nickname) this guy hit on me sooo much; der Doktor. missing is "der fette" who hit on the other julia.

The last two days I woke up at 4:30 to go cow milking. work started at 5 am, just after the sun rose. fresh milk does taste really good though, and the experience was worth it...the experience of watching pigs being slaughtered is rather questionable though...