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Tuesday May 15, 2001: Day One  View Daily Log
6:40 a.m. Leave Cleveland at Continental Flight  1989
12:00 p.m. Arrive Juan Santa Maria International Airport (SJO)
    Transfer to Cacts Hotel, San Jose (weather)
~ 1:00 p.m. Town - Cultural Observations
    Bank
    Bookstore
5:00 p.m. Return to Hotel
6:30 p.m. Dinner with Emory & Henry College
~ 8:00 p.m. Meet at upstairs patio at Cacts Hotel
Wednesday May 16, 2001: Day Two  View Daily Log
7:00 a.m. Meet at upstairs patio at Cacts Hotel
7:00 - 8:00 a.m. Breakfast and bird watching
8:30 a.m. Depart for Sarapiqui (in province of Heredia - weather)
12:30 p.m. Arrive at La Quinta Lodge
1:30-4:30 p.m. Exploration and field work
5:30 p.m. Dinner
6:30  p.m. Night walk at La Selva Biological Station
Thursday May 17, 2001: Day Three View Daily Log
6:00 a.m. Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Depart for Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge
9:00 a.m. Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge Boat Tour
  a good place to see birds, bats, caimen, basilisk, etc.
  plankton collection
12:00 p.m. Arrive at Las Heliconia, lunch
1:30 p.m. Exploration and field work
2:30-4:30  p.m.   Hike and field work
  Analysis in field station
5:30 p.m. Dinner
~6:30 p.m. Night hike
Friday May 18, 2001: Day Four View Daily Log
9:30 a.m. Depart for Monteverde (map)
12:00 p.m. Arrive at Villa Verde, lunch
~1:00 p.m. Afternoon activities to be determined
Saturday May 19, 2001: Day Five View Daily Log
6:00 a.m. Breakfast
7:00 a.m. Arrive at Monteverde Reserve
1:00 p.m. Return to Villa Verde, lunch
~2:00 p.m. Butterfly garden and cheese factory
~6:00 p.m. Dinner
Sunday May 20, 200: Day Six View Daily Log
6:00 a.m. Breakfast
6:45 a.m. Depart for Quepos/Manual Antonio (weather - map)
10:30 a.m. Arrive at Manual Antonio National Park
~11:00 a.m. Check in to Cabinas Espadilla
~12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
~1:00 - 6:00 p.m. Journal writing, explore the beach, etc. on your own
~ 6:30 p.m. Dinner together as a group at Mono Loco (“crazy monkey”)
~ 8:00 p.m. Night walk on Pacific Beach
Monday May 21, 2001: Day Seven View Daily Log
5:00 a.m. Morning hike - hike private reserve of Cabina Espadilla
11:15 a.m. Depart
12:00 p.m. Arrive at El Silencio, lunch (map)
2:00-4:00 p.m. Rainforest/oil palms/field work
4:00-5:30 p.m. Free Time
  repack suitcase – put enough for 2 nights/3 days in back pack for next trip
  journal writing
  bird watching and sunset (Birds 1 & Birds 2)
5:30 p.m. Dinner
~6:30 p.m. Night hike
Tuesday May 22, 2001: Day Eight View Daily Log
6:00 a.m. Breakfast
6:30 a.m. Depart for Corcovado
11:00 a.m. Arrive at Coopeunioro, lunch
1:00 – 5:30 p.m. Field work/exploration
  tour of grounds and medicinal plants that they are trying to reintroduce
  walk to river – kick seining
6:00 p.m. Dinner
~ 7:00 p.m. Night walk
Wednesday May 23, 2001: Day Nine View Daily Log
~ 5:30 a.m. Departure to Corcovado National Park 
~ 6:30 - 5:30 p.m. Corcovado National Park 
~ 6:00 p.m. Dinner
Thursday May 24, 2001: Day Ten View Daily Log
9:30 a.m. Depart Corcovado National Park
12:30 p.m. La Palma – lunch
~ 1:00 p.m. Depart for San Jose
  Have warm clothes handy – it will be cold
~ 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Drive through Cerro de la Muerte
  Will stop at paramo – high elevation scrub habitat – overlooks Mt. Chirropo
7:00 p.m. Arrive Cacts Hotel, San Jose (weather)
Friday May 25, 2001: Day Eleven View Daily Log
~ 9:00 a.m. Depart Cacts Hotel 
1:00 p.m. Depart San Jose for Cleveland Continental Flight 1533
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