Day 40 - La Selva

La Selva is hot and humid, like Corcovado, but the station is COMPLETELY different. First, this place is huge. It's a real, true research station, sprawling over lots of land. There are lots of people here, researchers and visitors and at least one other student group. The accomodations are quite nice. We can even put toilet paper in the toilets here (I don't think I've mentioned that before, but at most of the places we've gone you have to throw toilet paper in a bin next to the toilet). Kind of a strange way to gauge the niceness of a place, I suppose.

There are amazing birds here. One of my new favorites is the Montezuma Oropendola, a good-sized black and brown bird with a bright yellow tail. The males give a loud call and flip themselves over the branch as part of their displays. We also saw a toucan this morning! It was beautiful. I think that was the last animal on my list of "things I really want to see," so I'm a happy girl. I've kept a list of all the animals (at least mammals and birds) that I've seen, I'll post it here at some point.

Day 40 already! I'll be home in a little under four weeks. I'm starting to wonder how the transition to the States will be, since everywhere we've been here is so very different. I can't wait for Little Cayman! I hope it's tons of fun, and that the flights and all that to get there go smoothly. We're leaving next Sunday, and I'm really, really excited.