I will be at the Tiputini Station for Biodiversity for the next two weeks.

Lalo Loor & Punta Prieta

LALO LOOR

This past week we visited Lalo Loor "Dry" Forest, which was everything I had hoped for: thatched huts, hammocks, monkeys, and obviously, candlelit dinners. The mosquitoes were brutal, but that didn't stop our group from falling in love with the place and the people who work there. It is a jungle on the coast that is only a mile from a scenic secluded beach with great waves. The Ecuadorian that works there, Maximo, is about to begin a trail blazing project that will need help in June when my friends Matt Burke and Sam Rusk visit, so hopefully I will be able to spend another month there with a machete in hand. 

Lalo Loor 

 

Class time before dinner was interrupted by some friendly Howler Monkeys

Hanging out

Tarzan-ing 

1/2 hour from a great beach

So much room for activities!

Our main man, Maximo

All the nerds

Semi-professional haircut with children's scissors from the TA's in the jungle

A true field notebook after catching some insects

And you thought you had an awkward stage

Punta Prieta

On Friday we packed up and headed to an extremely secluded resort on the coast where we had the beach to ourselves. We camped in tents on the beach and festively celebrated a 21st birthday on the beach which culminated with a 2AM soccer game against our Ecuadorian friends. We spent all day Saturday swimming in the ocean and burning our skin under the sun. 

A view from the restaurant... The food was on par with the view

Changing Tides 

View of our gypsy camp on the beach

Changes in latitude, Changes in attitude.

Kickin it

In my element

Solid contact without steroids 

And now. What you've all been waiting for...

A mule with 5 legs!