Hello, America,

Here are some pictures of my trip to my study site (i'm having a little trouble with formatting so pictures come first):

Don't worry, America is well represented here
The Bridge of Friendship (built by Taiwan for Costa Rica for FREE) with friends Alex and Geoff

My study site: Playa Ostional

I write this after downing a cup of hot chocolate made from 70% pure cacao (@Peter K locally and organically grown, of course). Hopefully i can finish this post before i crash and burn.

This weekend, I made a pilgrimmage to the study site where I will be spending the next two months studying marine turtles. The town is called Ostional, and their main source of income is the selling of turtle eggs, which are believed to be an aphrodisiac in many latin american countries. Since the harvest of eggs here is still legal, I am hoping to find out a way to increase the hatching success of the nests (usually only about 20% of eggs actually hatch), so that the turtle population remains high and the local community can still benefit from the selling of eggs. Can you imagine a world in which turtles and humans live harmoniously?....

Be well,

Pablo