Turtles- By Anna

On the 2nd of September, our plan was to go see the hundreds of turtles coming to lay their eggs on the Ostional beach. We got in the shuttle that was going to take us there and it was private so that was great, and we had to go pick up one couple who were from Germany and got the show on the road. Around ten minutes into the drive we had to stop because there was a problem with the air conditioning and it was making the windows foggy. So foggy that our guide had to call a guy to bring another van but shortly after that we noticed that all it was was that he had pressed the wrong button. Wow what a waste of time!

When we got there we were tired of travelling, after driving through a river and over the worst bridge of all time and I’m telling you it was an actual river. We got out of the shuttle and walked down to the beach. We were amazed at how many turtles were on one beach. There were some laying their eggs, some coming up to the beach and even some going back into the ocean after laying there. It was amazing because we got to see some digging their hole and laying their eggs and managed to even capture some on video. It was also hilarious watching Elise take videos of wild dogs on the beach when there were millions of turtles. We were lucky because there were so many buried eggs that turtles had layed, that when a new turtle layed its eggs in the same spot, they dug up some of the other eggs. So we got to feel and hold them. They felt so mushy and weird it was gross but my sisters kept on holding them. And the reason that they only lay their eggs here is because they only like the volcanic sand that is different than the normal. Wow what an experience!