Wed 14 October

This was my first day at the Forest reserve and I was excited to learn about trees and everything else. I got there at 6am but no one was there. I then went to the office to see if anyone was there. When I got there I found Carlos, the head of the whole forestry project. He was very helpful and told me I went to the wrong place, but then called one of the workers to come pick me up. Once I got the reserve, I met the 4 other workers and then got a tour of the place. Today was the experiencia day so students came and I met them too. The workers took the students and I to another reserve, were we raked all of the paths that had been covered by leafs. After, we went deep into the rain forest to take a look at a huge tree that had escaleras de mono (monkey stairs). These monkey stairs were huge vines that grew out of the top of the tree and then came all the way to the ground. They were thick enough that you could climb up them if you wanted. It was a huge tree and I couldn’t believe how small I was compared to this tree. After the reserve I went to lunch, and then returned to the Forest reserve. For the rest of my time I filled small places bags that were used for growing plants. Once the seeds were past their germination stage and about 2in tall, we would transplant the small trees into these plastic bags to give them more space to grow. After work, I went home and met my new brother Ben. Then I went to dinner up at the Cafeteria were I ate with my friends. After I went to the computer lab in the bibliotheca and used Rosetta Stone Spanish to help my Spanish improve.