Borneo, Malaysia | Mon Aug 08, 2011 | Views: 921

Working for Kaya in their Philippines office has meant that I’ve been lucky enough to have a number of escapes throughout Asia during my 9 months here. My latest was a trip down to Borneo to check out a new Marine Conservation Project working to help protect the coral reefs which have been affected by decades’ worth of fish bombing. My journey starts here...After a pedi cab ride, 2 jeepney …

NicciHawkins
Checking out a New Coral Reef Conservation Project in Borneo

San Carlos, Costa Rica | Sat Jul 24, 2010 | Views: 637

     Well, it began raining so no termales (hot springs) yesterday. Instead Mary took us (Alba, Jose, Andreina, una amiga y Yo) to Tucanito, which is a favored bar close to here. I ordered Fajitas de pollo and also had a cocktail with refresca de mango, tequila, rum and peach juice...and 3 shots of chalito...but I wasn´t affected at all. For how cheap the food is here, I got quite a good …

AnastasiaLucignani
¡Le Quiero Mi Familia!

San Carlos, Costa Rica | Fri Jul 23, 2010 | Views: 677

     For my first time yestyerday, I cleaned the lion cages. Of course they weren´t in there at the time (they have another enclosed area) but in 2 days I have really enjoyed watching them. Cleaning includes the usual water spraying, soaping, scrubbing and spraying again. There are 2 lionesses; Dinora y Rosie. Dinora is te younger, a little smaller and much more playful one y Rosie is...huge. While I was in …

AnastasiaLucignani
!Día 9: Alimenté Las Leonas!

San Carlos, Costa Rica | Wed Jul 21, 2010 | Views: 552

So I woke up at 8 to go looking in the tiendas. Went to a coffee shop and got a iced moccachino (had chocolate ice cream in it) and mango cheescake. Headed back to the hotel and met the others. While Dylan rented a motorcycle, I went shopping a store that had many materials that looked so authentic, beautiful and colorful. After more viewing, we took the buses and headed …

AnastasiaLucignani
Hay Más

San Carlos, Costa Rica | Tue Jul 20, 2010 | Views: 649

      So I have been here for a week and four days now, and it seems like I´ve lived here for a while. So last Friday, most of the volunteers went out to a bar not far away. I had a rum & cola and then Dylan bought shots of tequila for everyone. Rum & cola was alright, got another free one later from some guy at the bar lol and …

AnastasiaLucignani
Una Semana y Tres Días