Monteverde

Hey,

We have spent the past week in Monteverde at the Biological station, where we are staying. Yet, there hasn't been too much time for exploring, as our midterm for tropical diversity is tomorrow. (over 100 species name, family, and life styles mostly plants) We have however made some time for exploration.

Sept 15 is the Central American independence from Spain and in Monteverde is celebrated with an extremely long parade invoving marching bands for each of the schools. We woke up early because the parade was supposed to start at 8am, but being on Tico time caused it not to start until about 9:30 and it ran until 11. This morning we also took a trip on the zip lines through a cloud forest (very touristy yet amazing).

I have posted some pictures from the first field trip, http://picasaweb.google.com/Julia.P.S.Hoeh/CostaRicaPublished .

Hope everyone is doing well! miss you love you!