Wednesday, May 14, 2008

May 12th, mmm I love naps

We woke up at 6, and left in 7 in the truck. We rode out to the nest that was due to hatch the day before, so we could collect the tortugitas, and bring them back to the camp. I nodded in and out of sleep on the way there. After we arrived, I was up and helping to collect the turtles from their hole. They were adorable. Most of them were still sleeping, so they didn't put up a fight when we held them in the palms of our hands. The process of collecting the turtles takes a little bit longer than collecting the eggs during the nesting process. I believe I'll have a little more to do in this stage of the process which is a good feeling.
When we got back in the truck to go back home, I nodded off again. I'm not sure why. I didn't stay up too late and I didn't have this problem before. After a couple minutes I just stopped fighting it and gave in to my sleepiness.
I went straight to the cabin for nap time and slept until 10. When I woke up I didn't see Katie, so I went to the front and asked if she left to go to town or was on the beach. Ramido said she was in town but didn't know where. I knew where she was. The blue place we had spotted on Sunday with Lazaro. Katie said it had her name on it and would try it for breakfast either monday or tuesday. I had a gut feeling she was eating there, and as i strolled up and peered over the half-wall making up the side of the building, i saw her enjoying a book and finishing her meal. She said the food was excellent and that if I wanted to eat, she would hang out while I did that. I mean afterall...schedules don't really exist here. The thing I liked most about this place was that it had soap and a sink right outside of the bathrooms for you to use. That, alone, made it our new favorite place. The fact that the food was really good too also helped.
When we got back from breakfast, We rode the buggy for the first time during this trip. We rode and didn't see anything. So we got beers. Well I didn't get beers. Fernando and Kilos had many beers, Katie had one and commented about the mass amount of beers, and I had a soda. The remainder of the afternoon and early evening was made up of driving and occasionally stopping to check turtle prints. Not too shabby I would say.
Irma had made dinner and I was quite hungry so I enjoyed that quite thoroughly. I used the internet for a little while longer than Katie and when she decided to walk into town for a "horchada" and Ice cream, I turned my music up really loud. The family had gone to the next town to see the circus, so I felt no shame in blasting my english version of Hero by Enrique, and Avril Lavigne. When Katie came back she knew just what to do. She joined me and blasted Shakira from her lap top. The two whitest girls in Tecolutla, a camp of Turtles, and "My Hips Don't Lie". It was a glorious.

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