Tuesday, May 26, 2009


Friday May 22, 2009 (The day everyone arrives)

Our second day here started earlier than most will. We (Dr. Lehtinen, Tim, Chase, and myself- the early arrivers), got up around 6:30am to scope out some field sites for Tim and Chase’s IS projects. We headed out to the Doctor’s River which is located between Charlotteville (our town) and Speyside (the next town over). On our two hour hike we had our eyes out for two species- the Bloody Bay Poison frog and a type of guppy. No luck with the guppy, but we did find the frog. It was calling from pools of water formed around a waterfall.
After the hike it was time to head towards Scarborough (largest town on the island) and Crown Point (where the airport is located) to get permits for research, buy cell phones, and pick up the first of the day’s students to arrive- Larken and Alex. The six of us grabbed lunch (chicken and rice- so good!) and then split up. Larken, Alex and Dr. L headed back to Charlotteville to relax and Tim, Chase and I remained around the airport to wait for Emily to arrive at 4:30. After the hour or so drive back to Charlotteville, we made some spaghetti, chatted a bit and then Dr. L and I headed back yet again to the airport to pick up the remaining students (Alex, Ben, Whitney, Heidi, Aaron, and Trip).
While there were no major problems with travel, poor Whitney (on her first time traveling out of the country alone) had a flight delayed leaving Atlanta and just about missed her flight from Trinidad to Tobago. I guess everyone was already on the plane and a local came and found her in the bathroom crying and ran her through customs and everything else at lightning speed so she wouldn’t miss the plane (which was the last one leaving for the night). That gives you an idea of how friendly and helpful most of the Trinibogoninans have been so far.
Well, it has been a late night for all of us (didn’t get home from the airport until after 12am), so more to come tomorrow…

1 comment:

  1. Thanks for taking the time to describe your days in T&T. Great to be able to read about them state-side.

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