Today was a non - tree cutting day. We spent the morning accompanying Gabriel, a Spanish Volunteer, who is doing a project on Dragonflies and Damselflies. We also saw a Roller bird which is an endagered species.
In the Afternoon we were asked to carry out some research on local wild flowers and were sent out on our own. We went along taking photos and sticking numbered posts in different flowers species so later they will be able to harvest the seeds to create native wild flower meadows and sell the sends as a fundraising & educating locals about conservation project. Tim and I were'nt very confident in our ability and at times were questioning 'is that a flower or a bush?'
We got our first taste of local nightlife. We were told there was a Provencàl style band in a bar but it turned out to be more Samba with about 5 huge drums playing in a tiny bar with accompanying conche shells (say, 50cm diameter) which were blown. It was a great atmosphere and soon it seemed the local police and neigbour in his pyjamas wanted to join in as they turned up as well. I guess they may have been complining about the noise, but our French isn't good enough to understand exactly what's going on yet! Needless to say we decieded it was time to leave!
