Hey guys, I hope you find this interesting... just a quick look at a few of the species we have spotted in Costa Rica, and I've managed to take half decent photos of! The highlight so far was definately watching the troop of wild capuchin monkeys - we stood about 10m away from them and just snapped away the photos I wanted to give you good detailed species info but have no time (or money!) to spend searching costa rican wildlife info on the net. So if you feel inspired, look them up! [View Full Entry]

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Hey all, Just have a minute to add some photos of the beach at Santa Teresa (Mal Pais) Not the best sunset we'll see here but pretty beautiful. It is amazing when you're out there by yourself, just sitting on the sand watching the sky change and the stars appear. Even the sand glitters at night. [View Full Entry]

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Hey... well I've been here a week. Its hard to get access to good computers here so I'll take the opportunity to get some pictures up here. Just hanging out at a surfy town this weekend. Work at Profelis, centre for wild cats, is such an awesome experience but pretty tiring. We're busy doing behaviour research for ocelot and margay since there isn't much published on these cats at all, and we have the opportunity to introduce some novel behavioural enrichment and measure its effects. Its a great challenge discussing the ins and outs of a project with the directors in [View Full Entry]

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Didn't think I'd still be in Auckland today. But that's the truth of it. I was checking in yesterday and was very politely told that my non-machine readable passport required a transit visa, just to stopover in LA and Miami. And before you think I wasn't organised, I checked all visa requirements and none of this showed up!! So now, flights been changed to the 2nd August. 4 days in which to stew!!! Well, I'm heading to the US Consulate to get this visa on Monay so wish me luck. My travel buddies are travelling safely though, and are set to [View Full Entry]

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