the first REAL post

So Lou forgot his password to the other blog :)
We have been here for a good week now, after months looking forward to this trip. More than 24 hours of travelling... and Lou sitting with microscopes on his lap covered with my blankey for the majority of our time in the air. But the science teacher and volunteer coordinator just about fell over when they saw that we had brought them. Go Hanover.

The first week of work has been hard but enjoyable and the two of us now have our fair share of blisters, sunburn, and sore muscles. We are currently in a little period of rain that should be over by tomorrow. Most of the first week it was raining a bit but it didnt bother us much. The school here that we are working at is called the Cloud Forest School and is probably the greatest school in the world, even though the kids all act like they would at any other school. The school is located at the top of the hill and from the front porch that we eat lunch on everyday you can see the Pacific Ocean. There are two other nice volunteers that we spend our days working with named Vanessa and Connor(both about 25). They met at a Shins concert so obviously we like them alot. Vanessa is a massage therapist and Connor used to work for an environmental engineering firm but quit his job. Together they are working with us for the month, raking trails in the rainforest, painting houses, teaching environmental edudation classes, and ruining all our clothes.