Today we only had two boats available to take us to the wreck sites. The snorkel group, which included Dr. Harris, Dr. Richards, Kelsey, Wale, […]
Read moreAn afternoon with Congo Man
Last night, after a very busy day at our sites, Jeremy and I decided to have some cold drinks at Coco’s bar, arguably the most […]
Read moreJust another day mapping paradise!
Today we continued mapping the Brick Site in Cahuita’s National Park. The weather was perfect, the visibility was great, and the water temperature was better […]
Read moreMapping the Brick Site
If a picture is worth a thousand words than a map is worth a million. The finished product will be invaluable to presenting the site […]
Read moreA Conversation with Richard
Richard Wilson is a local fisherman and tour guide residing in Cahuita, Costa Rica. Originally born in Nicaragua, he moved to Costa Rica to be […]
Read moreA Conversation with Don Manuel
On day six of the Costa Rica summer field school, participants continued to conduct an ethnographic survey of the town of Cahuita. To complement the […]
Read moreFinishing the Cannon Site
Today, two groups basically finished working on the cannon and anchor site. My group was in charge of taking the compass bearings for each of […]
Read moreExcitement on the boat
Today, we saw first-hand the dangers of the ocean that we might encounter any given day on a job site. While on the boat, monitoring […]
Read moreA comedy of errors (and, of course, some mapping)
Today we started mapping the brick site using the baseline we set two days ago. Each of us was assigned a “unit” to map to […]
Read moreTourists for a day
Instead of diving today, we took the opportunity to accomplish other tasks assigned to us. We were split into three groups – some students remained […]
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