Las Cruces

I'm in Costa Rica! We stayed in San Jose at El Sesteo hotel for the first two nights and have just arrived at Las Cruces biological station, which is about 6 hours south of San Jose. San Jose was not the cleanest city, and people drive like maniacs, but I'll return there in a week for a more thorough evaluation.  Las Cruces is going to be gorgeous! We are in the rain forrest basically, and the streets leading to the cabin were streams when we got here.

Here is a picture of our home sweet home in the rain forest.  It is actually in a botanical garden, but we're a two minute walk from the forest.  We get an introduction to the station in an hour and begin classes tomorrow after a visit to San Vito, a small town near here.