Day 30

Officially one month of no hesitation! Time has passed by me so fast, seems very surreal that I am 30 days in my travels and almost half way through my volunteer program. 60 more days to go.... hopefully more!

Yesterday morning I got to visit my first five-star hotel. A few volunteers and myself set up an information desk during breakfast to inform the guests of the sea turtles on the beach and to raise some funds for Archelon. It was one of the best shifts to date because after our info table we got to help ourselves to a free five-star breakfast! After eating vegetarian for the past 13 days I went straight for the bacon. Mhmmm good. Then we moved to another five-star hotel to participate in a beach clean with one of the local schools in Rethymno. It was great to see the kids, however they are quite crazy and out of control. We were again given some snacks after the clean where I literally got pushed out of the way by some 9 year old kid when I was trying to grab some food. By the time I got to the front of the table the good chocolate pastries were all gone. Damn kids, next time no mercy from me!

Tomorrow I start morning survey, which means we go out at 5:30 in the morning to look for the turtle tracks in the sand. Yes sounds crazy, but we have to get on the beach before all the people get on the beach and ruin the prints. Even more crazy, I am actually really excited for my first morning survey. Hopefully I get to see some turtle tracks for my own eyes.