Day 9

Hi everyone! You guys really need to see this place, it's absolutely amazing! I've never met people so warm and welcoming....including our bartender last night! Coincidentally, I've also never met spiders so.... friendly, and I've learned to check my shoes before I put them on!
Today has been a little bit different from our regular schedule.... We actually didn't get rained on out in the field this morning! The farm we worked on was a little less steep and overlooked a bubbling brook from the mountainside. We also found the local "party log" on the way to the farm ;) It was so nice out we finished our three transects a little faster than normal. When we returned to the lab, we had a fantastic presentation from Peter, the Director of the Farmer Support Center for all of Latin America. The presentation was completely interactive and was so informative I feel like I could go out and grow coffee myself (which would be cool, except I can't even keep cacti alive.)
Anyway, we're having a great time... wish you were here!
Steph