I'll be off to Costa Rica just a few hours from now, and will be down there until August 9th! What better way to keep everyone up to date and, of course, entertained with a fancy new blog.
After over a year of preparation and way too many grant applications, I was awarded over $4,000 to fund my project this summer. I'll likely end up sharing a lot of the interesting aspects of my research here, but I guess the basic gist for now is studying tropical trees in regenerating forests of northeastern Costa Rica.
For geography's sake, Costa Rica is a Central American country roughly the size of New Hampshire & Vermont combined with a population of three million. It's situated north of Panama and south of Nicaragua. The national currency is the Colón. Five hundred Colónes amounts to a dollar. Costa Rica receives over 2 million tourists annually. And most importantly, Central Standard Time Zone (minus 2 hours East-coasters).
With exams just ending six days ago, I've tried to have a relaxing week at home while packing and running around doing errands before I go. Wednesday night I got to take little brother Sam (10) to his first Yankee game (on a school night!). Check out the cool picture. Yanks won 6-2 over the Rangers.
Well, I'm bound to have tons more to talk about 24 hours from now. Hopefully I'll get a post up everyday, and comments will always be welcome (keep it PG). Hasta luego!
BP
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