Although the weather was very hot and humid, our group was excited about the outcome of our work. The first job was transferring potted trees onto a new surface in order to avoid sprouting weeds. Later in the week, we will be planting the trees from the nursery in the wetlands. For the second task,...
We had our last breakfast and lunch in San Cristobal, then went fishing and swam in the ocean; we caught one fish, while the other half of the group learned about the history of San Cristobal at the Nobe Cacao farm. We came back and the Basti volunteer group saw the kids for the last...
The border itself has a power that manifests itself differently for all who view it. It was the parting thought Alex left us with as we said our goodbyes drenched in the San Diego sunset. For him, the border will always be magical realism before his eyes, a piece ripped out of Gabriel García Marquez’s...