Our home in the Gardens of the Osa Peninsula

Having Landed on this amazing place was an idea that is born out of the need to hang out in Costa Rica after being robbed of our passports and the paperwork of the car. We needed to get straight before being able to cross or move around legally through out the rest of our trip. The idea of volunteering somewhere proves to be an excellent plan and we begin to ¨job hunt¨the craigslitst market. I have used this website a couple of times and for some reason i just had the instinct to connect. The opportunities were a few, but the Herrera Gardens welcoming was greatly friendly. We were pretty excited we would be hanging out and helping out in a reserve in Pt. Jimenez at Costa Rica´s Osa Peninsula! In Costa Rica there is a big market for volunteering, and many organizations even call it an internship so you end up paying money, while working for free. Going to the Osa was the perfect gift because we didn't have to pay to volunteer and the experience was life changing. The Herrera Botanical Gardens had around 15km of forrested trails, and 5km of garden trails and the wildlife and nature was so rich it was easy to get lost in it for almost 2months. Costa Rica tropical heat can be deadly. No... really they have one of the highest rates in skin cancer, and can dehydrate easily...you constantly were loosing water and all day drinking water, the fruits tasted like heaven to the body. The working in the gardens had many different patterns. One day we would rake trails, others we would create new trails, then some you would work really heavily like digging holes or closing trenches. Watering the plants was pretty painful as well, since one would have to carry the buckets of water and refill. Planting new babies into the earth, was a bonding experience with Mother Earth. In the botanical gardens we sang to the rhythm of the heat and beat of the insect world. Many nights filled our gardens with Costa Rican agua ardiente or rum making life in the Osa spicy!