Finally, after days of forging through the rain and mud, we had some sunshine. For the mapping group this weather was ideal for taking panoramic photos at all of the bird group's points throughout the property. We got a little bit of a late start, around 6:30am, but we still had most of the photos taken before breakfast. A complete 360ĚŠ panoramic image requires 18 individual fames. After all of the frames were taken, we stitched them together using software on a pc. We also mapped two final areas for the plant group and we think that we now have all of the data we need for the map. Now, with a lot of help from Richard, we will begin putting all of the pieces together for the website.
Around lunchtime we walked to the famous Super Kike. The weather was barely holding out for us, but we all made it before the big afternoon rain. However, because we went during the typical siesta time, the store was closed. We thought that we were going to have to walk right back to Leaves and Lizards when Geovanny came roaring up the hill on his motorcycle. He, of course, knew the owner of the store and convinced her to open early for us. She was very nice and we got all of the salsa vegetales(our new favorite condiment) and Costa Rican coffee we could carry to bring home to the USA. We also got some ice cream and ate it right outside the store. We made it back to our cabins just as the sky was opening for the afternoon rain.
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