Take my car and drive real far.

I can't believe it's taken this long to use Oasis lyrics as a title.

After going to bed at about 10pm last night, I woke up just after 6am this morning. I got up shortly after and went for a run and some exercises and stretches. After a quick shower and porridge, it was time for the morning meeting at 8.30am.

Those of us who want to drive Raleigh's Land Rover Defenders on expedition have to go through a driving training and assessment course over the next few days to make sure we don't crash or kill anyone, which today took up the entire morning.

Our chariots!

We had a flying tour of Turrialba, which moved too quickly to take photos of anything fun, but here's a picture of some kittens in a window.

Kittenz. #justchillin

And here's a quick panoramic from waiting on the taxi.

After a quick return to Fieldbase to change, we headed back in to Turrialba for dinner and some beers.

One downside to this is that we're so busy, some of us aren't sure if we're getting the real Costa Rica. We're not really getting the chance to sit and just appreciate our surroundings and what we're undertaking. When we were in Turrialba, we were being herded about, not much time to take things in, and the locals staring at us pale-faces.