Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Work progress
Hi all,
all my last posts have been anecdotal stories that may cause you to think I am not working. well, never fear, I am, just not as much as I would like to. Things continue to progress slowly, the latest kink in the works being the woman I am supposed to work with, the one who knows how to run nets, will not be here until Monday. And she is bringing the poles. So I have identified the community I will be working in, it is called Sontule, and at some later point I will describe its long and varied history, but not now because i have other stories. So I have left the house of Corina, and will be staying in a slightly moe isolated spot, with less bus access, but closer to an English teacher, Jane, that I have become quite fond of.
I have identified my patches, and Marlon, asometimes guide for UCA, and acting president of the Oro Verde cooperative in Sontule has aranged for me to have free access to almost all the areas I want. Hes great and enthusiastic, and loves to go birding, as does his friend and brother in law Nelson, and I like many people in this community. Almost everyone is related, and there are many cooperatives, and at somepoint when this is all well explained to me I will post it here.
So i am really just waiting to start with the nets, after 5 weeks, almost 6!
I was sad to leave Corina´s house because I get along so great with her, and she is an awesome cook, and its a bit more lively, with people always apssing through, and the guides around. But maybe for the better, because the guides are great, but they are rather like a group of teenage guys always looking to one up each other, and at times seem quite cocky, so I am trying to develop other relationships. Like with Marlon, and Nelson, who ask me tons of questions, and Nelson brings a notebook with him to write down things, and they have started memorizing the scientific names of the birds, so I better get cracking before they know more that I do.
And jane, who is great, and Daniela, the sister of Nelson, and wife of Ivan, who is Marlons brother.
I am going to post some stories now separately, so take a look!
all my last posts have been anecdotal stories that may cause you to think I am not working. well, never fear, I am, just not as much as I would like to. Things continue to progress slowly, the latest kink in the works being the woman I am supposed to work with, the one who knows how to run nets, will not be here until Monday. And she is bringing the poles. So I have identified the community I will be working in, it is called Sontule, and at some later point I will describe its long and varied history, but not now because i have other stories. So I have left the house of Corina, and will be staying in a slightly moe isolated spot, with less bus access, but closer to an English teacher, Jane, that I have become quite fond of.
I have identified my patches, and Marlon, asometimes guide for UCA, and acting president of the Oro Verde cooperative in Sontule has aranged for me to have free access to almost all the areas I want. Hes great and enthusiastic, and loves to go birding, as does his friend and brother in law Nelson, and I like many people in this community. Almost everyone is related, and there are many cooperatives, and at somepoint when this is all well explained to me I will post it here.
So i am really just waiting to start with the nets, after 5 weeks, almost 6!
I was sad to leave Corina´s house because I get along so great with her, and she is an awesome cook, and its a bit more lively, with people always apssing through, and the guides around. But maybe for the better, because the guides are great, but they are rather like a group of teenage guys always looking to one up each other, and at times seem quite cocky, so I am trying to develop other relationships. Like with Marlon, and Nelson, who ask me tons of questions, and Nelson brings a notebook with him to write down things, and they have started memorizing the scientific names of the birds, so I better get cracking before they know more that I do.
And jane, who is great, and Daniela, the sister of Nelson, and wife of Ivan, who is Marlons brother.
I am going to post some stories now separately, so take a look!
