Vista del Mar Akumal

Bored sitting here waiting for my flight to Seoul (scheduled to leave @ 0050 hrs.). Catching up on some emails & research in the meantime. Still have a few more calls to make before the flight; will check in once I arrive in Seoul as it may be last contact 'til the return trip (not sure how technologically savvy our base camp will be). Happy holiday, everyone! Sent from my BlackBerry Tour

So true to form.<br><br>I've been running around this last week trying to complete everything I put on my 'Must-Do' list; and with only two days left, I'm feeling fairly confident that, yes, I will complete all tasks as assigned! However, I do have one (minor) concern at this point: I left getting my visa for entry into Indonesia 'til the last minute! Although, when I ...

So, heading off to South Africa to set up a collaboration for two and half weeks. I've spent the last 3 weeks or so constructing strains and other things necessary to carry out my experiments. I'm mentally and emotionally worn out by the incessant lab preparations, and not entirely optimistic that I'll get the experiment to work, but after being really negative over my prospects this past weekend, I'm in ...

... again. This time Tony piloted her out, otherwise the pilot and the tug boat would have to wait outside for the next tide.<br><br>So here we are doing 14knots. The day is grey but warming up a little, although I can&#8217;t say it&#8217;s been cold.<br><br>We haven&#8217;t seen any whales yet, although we did see the spout of a Right Whale yesterday. We knew it was a Right Whale as their spout comes out V-shaped. They are a protected species here and we ...

Finally heading to Spain to start my month long trip! This will be an interesting trip as I don't know Spanish and I hear that english is not generally spoken. Let the Adventure begin!<br><br><br><br>The flight over from Boston went well other than a little hold up with the computers. This caused me to miss my connecting ...

... their bed this morning! So cold...It's the same thing at the airport - besides our flight to Cancun, there are pretty much no flights leaving the city, just because it is a slow day. Our flight was uneventful. We had individual TV screens, which was a welcome perk, and I proceeded to waste away my 5 hours watching chick flicks that I don;t otherwise get to see at home (ehem-). Sadly, I got cut off just at the crucial moment in "Mamma Mia", as Meryl ...

The annual fund-raising festival was a big event for CEA as a significant amount of funding comes from this event alone. We were all excited at first to be part of it, but it didn't turn out to be as fun as it was. Suddenly we were invaded by a group of americans, bossing us around and treating us like kids. Some of them think that we were from high school! I guess it's not surprising since most of them were old enough to be grandparents. The CEA office was ...

... for the 24th. She was at a table in the main ABR bar listening to the music with a group of people so I didn't want to go all the way into the crowd only to be mistaken. I figured I'd find out soon enough. Chris and I enjoyed some drinks in our Bubba Kegs and then lights out. Tuesday, January 23: We woke up by 5:30am because we were driving to Chichen Itza. It was very dark and as soon as we got onto 307 south it downpoured. It let up within about 10 minutes though, so we ...

... and the beach. From Tulum, we drove back towards Akumal to visit the Aktun-Chen caves. It's a ways off the road (5 km or so) on a narrow dirt track. The tour begins with poisonous snakes and a marguy (?) -- a beautiful cat, similar to an ocelot. (It was asleep.) The caverns are lovely -- not particularly colourful, but there are many stalagtites, columns, fans, and other formations. Tree roots have pushed through the rock above, seeking water. Often, the roots from many ...

Kyla wrote: Snorkeled again! Today we saw gorgeous fish again. We saw the same coral, except sheet coral and pillar coral. We saw yellow tetras, angel fish, bridled gobys, and a PUFFerfish! It was very long!<br><br>Ardice wrote: Very windy today, and overcast. Wind started in middle of the night. I did not sleep well, between the wind and stress. How can I be stressed ...