Kenia in the Middle

Week 2! Today was a special event for CRES, every year they do a beach cleanup with Corona Extra. They bring in a bunch of volunteers and give out t-shirts, beer, etc. CRES does the job of informing the volunteers why they’re doing this event, kind of leading the charge. We ended up picking up Continue reading

Today we had a wonderful day! Got to sleep in a bit and take the day to ourselves at the beach. Yvette told us to come at 4pm instead today because it was so hot. So we spent most of the day in the water once we finally got up! We didn’t do much today Continue reading

Absolutely amazing day! Today we had a snorkeling activity with some of the partners of CRES. They took us snorkeling to not only create a fun activity, but we learned about the coral reefs and found some damaged ones due to human activity. The guy leading was a marine biologist and could point out and Continue reading

I was so tired today! All we did was volunteer in the garden planting some seeds then spent the day at the beach as usual, and then I went on a beautiful run however I got lost for about 30 minutes trying to get out of one of the neighborhoods. Most every neighborhood has gates Continue reading

Week 2!! Today Yvette took us to my favorite beach I’ve been to here so far! It’s called Loíza, and our goal today was to collect seeds to germinate in the garden. We were collecting sea grapes and red mangroves, both native plants of the coast. After we finished we all got to swim together Continue reading

Now it’s Sunday. I slept terribly, so for 2 full nights I have probably slept a total of 2 hours. The air conditioning shut off yesterday but only in our room, I tried to fix it but the people at the hostel weren’t very kind about it and it was roasting and humid all night Continue reading

I’ve officially been gone exactly a week, and I can already say I love it here. My life is filled with so much less stress than before and what I’ve been doing is so fulfilling for was da was me. Today we took a long nap after Friday night then once all of us had Continue reading

ITS FRIDAY!! Last day of week one volunteering and let me just tell you it’s STANK. We had to compost today and I think there was legit poop in it. I’ve done slight composting at home but nothing compared to the extent they go to. They use every single scrap to contribute. It was super Continue reading

Another day down in Puerto Rico! Today was a very calm yet exciting day (I know that makes no sense). Today I went on my run and rushed to get ready for volunteering. We worked in the garden again today just doing simple watering and planting because of how hot it was there wasn’t much Continue reading

Today was day 2 of volunteering, it was different than just working in the garden, we had a special project today! So, CRES runs the community garden however they also have multiple other projects going on across the island. One of which being a local skate park and forest trail/garden that they keep intact and Continue reading