Tuesday December 11, 2018

Today we woke up to more rice and beans. My appetite is coming back and the acceptance that I need food to survive has hit. It actually is really delicious. This morning we got a tour of the station. Rodolpho lead the way, he has been at the station for about 30 years. Most of his knowledge is through observation and curiosity. He was very informative about the history of the station. The Wilson's a European couple from Florida owned the station prior to. They operated an ornamental garden with ornaments from around the world. Needless to say there are a lot of non-native plant species around the station. Some of these species have escaped the station and are now invasive. Such as a very beautiful red or orangish in color shampoo ginger.
Next, we were introduced to the rainforest
and walked down to the Java River. It definitely was a good hike. We was also introduced to a strangler tree that was strangling another strangler tree. The most interesting thing about this tree is that it was growing from the top down. Can you imagine that? A tree implanting itself on top of another tree.
Our original mentor couldn't make the trip so we met with our new mentor. Since he was a replacement we started to design our project. He let us lead the way and had some valuable input. We got a good start on some of the parameters. Dinner was very good. To be continued....

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