An eco-volunteer's world tour: Croatia's vultures (4/4) "Hard labor". Now that's a term that should scare some people off! Each volunteer rotates through the various tasks at hand, and from time to time has to sign up for the famous "hard labor" box. Nothing to do with forced labor, though. The ... Read more
An eco-volunteer's world tour: Croatia's vultures (3/4) In the afternoons, I stroll through the narrow streets of the little village of Beli, a stone's throw from the old building where we're staying, climb up to the central square, perched on the hill overlooking the Gulf of Kvarner, and take in the atmosphere from the terrace of a ... Read more
Mission to save the vultures in Croatia 2/4: Volunteers only work in the mornings or afternoons, in groups, with a choice of cooking, guided tours or "hard labor".Once again, there's a lot to learn to guide the tourists, who are not very numerous, into a world apart from that of the vultures, this ... Read more
An eco-volunteer's world tour: the vultures of Croatia (1/4)At around 10 pm, I finally arrived at my destination, Caput Insulae, on the island of Cres, at a center dedicated to the preservation of the griffon vulture. A place far from the glitz and glamour, still unknown to the hipsters of this world. Robert, one of ... Read more