19:30
Another snake makes the first entry for today. I stepped right by it on the
road and it rapidly went off into the undergrowth, although I am sure it was
different to the dead one I found yesterday and never had time to get a photo
of this one - no broom to hand!!!
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| Host Family Cat Sees Me Off (D.Philpot) |
My
destination was the traditional Trapiche (sugar mill) though I bumped into
students along the way so I stopped with them and saw some new butterflies
between speaking to the students about their first night in San Luis.
*I
just got interrupted from writing in my journal by the two boys asking to play
some Burnout 3 on the Playstation*
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| Host Brother & Sister (D.Philpot) |
At
the Trapiche we had a brilliant bird lecture from ML, this was a first for me
to hear so I made sure to take lots of copious notes. At lunch I discovered my host mum had made me
a bacon, lettuce and tomato (BLT) sandwich! and some people were quite envious
as we compared lunches from our host families.
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| Pink But Deadly (D.Philpot) |
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| Gorgeous Artisanal Stuffed Toy Tree (D.Philpot) |
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| Trapiche Butterfly (D.Philpot) |
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| Tubby Green Bug (D.Philpot) |
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| Plant-O-Rama Flower (D.Philpot) |
Not
too long after DL arrived and we did a full-scale plant-o-rama, sorting out
samples of plants into their families without use of guides. The group actually made it close to the end
of the day before getting tired after a full day of talks and activities, at
altitude.
Before
everyone headed home a little girl took the flower of a nearby plant to fashion
herself a Toucan bird nose - and then some of the students did the same. There was a Woodcreeper bird on my way back
which other students had stopped for to see it manoeuvre around this tree like
an acrobat. When I arrived home I found
my host mum had already prepared a pasta dinner for me and her two boys.
21:15
I then went to the L's place to give DL group shots of the students I had taken
so far, a minor secondary task I was previously assigned with as I always have
my camera out. We then all had a laugh
over some photoshopped dogs a photographer had play fetch in a swimming
pool. I was soon made aware that it was
a sad day in San Luis as one of the older residents had passed away. Shortly after, I returned home to my host
family (my third) where my host mum was already asleep and the boys were playing with the cat - see this video. I realised it is already only 7 weeks until I
leave Costa Rica :-(
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| Funny Moth Photo On My Bed (D.Philpot) |
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| Long Antennae (D.Philpot) |
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| The Sky Outside (D.Philpot) |