Busy day! Luckily, i slept 11 hours last night, apparently through car alarms, revelers, etc. We tramped through muddy bogs (exelente!), visited two research stations, spoke bad spanglish at the locals (don't belittle Caroline in front of them, by the way - lol), and watched half of Costa Rica fly by the van windows on the PanAm highway. This place is like heaven- warm, friendly, packed with fresh fruit...

Don't blink or you'll miss something in this country! After lunch, i fell asleep in the cool, misty mountain air of Cerro de la Muerta and awoke sweaty in the sweltering warmth of the south. Everything around you - fauna, land, cityscape, climate - changes within a few short kilometers. Costa Rica truly is the heart of global biodiversity. Tonight, we stay in Las Cruces, a tropical garden paradise reclaimed from lands previously deforested by coffee plantations. The adventures ensue...

Vida pura, friends and family!