Day 4

Our second day of field work proved to be be both tiring and rewarding. We took a shortcut to the end of the Gamboa trail and hiked towards the town of San Vito. We got to our site which had an artificial concrete dam and a bridge and was much more urban than the sites we had the day before in the primary forest. We choose three sites in this area then walked on the road for one mile to town. We found a corner convenience store and waited for a bus to take us back to the biological station. After getting back and showering the day of hiking in the hot and humid forest off we ate dinner and got ready to go to the first cultural night. This first cultural night we got introduced to the ngäbe-buglé people that are to join us in our research for the next week. They shared a special harvest dance with us and also some knowledge about their regalia and culture. A few of the other students also had something to share.