Jeanies

Jeanies House is also known as the bunkhouse, people who are attending residential courses tend to sleep here and it houses about 16. They have the only hot shower, so when people are not staying there I head over for a special treat, the view from the shower is super.
I thought you would like to see the composting toilet, it really doesn't smell....I promise.
All the washbasins are so pretty.

Waterfall

We had the day off on Sunday!! I was awake early and followed one of the trails to the waterfall....I will have to go again as the photographs of the actual waterfall are not that clear.

Grasshopper

No words needed!

Soapmaking

This afternoon we have had a session on making soap, I have made soap using Lye (very caustic) about 2 years ago so it was good to have a refresher but here they use pig fat. When a pig is butchered in the village they render the fat and bring it to the ranch. I must admit it made me feel a little sick, hope to make my own batch without it.

Woodshop

This week I have been having training in the woodshop. I managed to get a set of my own tools as another member of the group took the two hour bus ride to Puriscal. Yesterday we had a 2 hour training session on sharpening tools, I then spent almost 2 hours sharpening my chisel, if I look after it properly it will only take ten minutes sharpening every couple of weeks depending on usage to keep it in tip top condition. Now I know why my father would never let me borow his chisel!
Tomorrow we are actually going to start working on wood, not sure what I am going to make yet, will keep you posted.

Broken Toe

I broke my toe on Friday

Noise!!

The noise of the rain forest is constant and at times deafening....The Cicadas make the most noise steady during the day but as night falls the noise builds up to a huge crescendo. When walking under trees I thought that the spits of water landing on me was light rain water, it isn't it is the cicadas peeing!