Local hospitality
We pass a lot of the same village homes every day - and many of the people are curious. This day we stopped and said hello - and were greeted warmly. This lady is farming chayote (Sechium edule) - the most popular crop in this area because of the price it brings. Notice how the home is built on bamboo stilts in the back. Much of her crop is along some of the villa ruins I spoke of earlier. All the planting is done by hand - and with the use of simple bamboo shovels. Water is carried on bamboo rods and poured with a dipper.
We were served tea and then asked if we could take a photo of our hostess. At first she whined and said no, then agreed when we said we would be in it with her. This woman is 50 years old. The hard work she does and exposure to the sun makes her look a bit older.
posted by Bonnie at 3:30 AM
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The weather is wonderful - we have had no rain at all - mostly sunny days. Humidity is relatively low, too, and the evenings are cool.
According the Lien, our researcher, we have seen more this session in the number of species than all the previous ones - very good numbers - 189 species total, I think. I will post the diagram so you can see the results at the end of the project.
Correction: the number of species we saw was 83. The number of identified individuals was 1133. We saw more this year in Oct/Nov than the team at the same time last year. Check the statistics slide I posted.
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