Breakfast was good this morning - a lot of fresh fruit. Then we had lecture and a biologist spoke to us about all of her work that she has done with the Crested Toad - Sapo Concho in Spanish - since 2007. It was really interesting! Lunch and then learned how to work a compass - woo! Into the forest we went! Ashley and Diana gave us a tour and talked about the local flora. We went to the swimming hole, which looked so so fun. The stray dog followed us the entire way. We also set up an experiment that is testing the theory that biodiversity increases with an increased area. We were in the forest all of the afternoon until dinner. It's so amazing that we have pretty much unlimited access to the rainforest. I love it! Before I arrived here, I didn't know what to expect but I have been blown away. Also, everybody gets along really well. We had a long dinner tonight, talked for 2 more hours after we ate. Apparently in Austria where Dom is from, boys eat chocolate pudding and girls eat vanilla pudding. That is just the way it is. But he told us how he wanted to have vanilla pudding - just the way he described the story was so funny. After dinner, the guys started working out again! I did some jump roping and handstands... Greg and I wrote our paragraph about our research project and then now just hanging out. My calves are completely bit up from the mosquitos or its the chicken pox.
Sapo Concho tattoo!
Swimming pools!
1 of the 2 poisonous plants
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