my favorite picture of the day

the peasant farmer/guide dives in, pants and all

fred does a karate kick

flap your wings, katie

ian poses for the girls

tom is all business

rafa, our other prof

bram flies

courtney, fred, and claire by the cascade

jose jumping

courtney in action

our prof, jose

katie, court, and emily

claire jumping from the rocks

bram modeling for a spa ad

prin and heather in the stream

'sangrio', the bleeding tree

chilling out at lunch

clear division between deforestation and the national park

bram and jesse make friends

a view of the pacific, from where we had lunch

tropical timo

the inside of a coconut; we drank the water and ate the meat fresh (off the ground)

nees the tree hugger

an orthoptera died in an achiote fruit

the farmer, showing us his yuca crop

aloe vera, the magic stuff for sun burns

visiting a native farmer

a scorpion!

the cows were as interested in us as we were in them

in the monte oscuro crater, a lake-turned pasture

the Panama national tree