First Thesis Student and another Hiatus...

Hi all,

Well, things have been hectic down here in CR for the past few weeks since Tracy and Srinath visited us. There has been a lot of politics at UPAZ regarding the new rector, membership of our council, and bunch of other things like that. David is really tired of all that stuff, and is extremely excited to be going on vacation these next few weeks! This means that there won't be an update of the blog for a while because we'll be in Colorado and Minnesota visiting family and friends...

Anyway, I have also been busy trying to coach several students through their theses and final papers for their respective M.A. programs. Below you'll see a picture of me with my first ever thesis student, Bassey Archibong. Bassey is from Nigeria, and is a chief!!! Not only that, but he's 10 years my senior. Regardless, he still had to listen to me and do what I said with his MA thesis, which, by the way, was quite a good job. He wrote on the co-management of Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica. It was pretty amazing to see the number of similarities to my own work in Xcalak. Anyway, I am super proud of Bassey for all of his hard work and diligence, and also relieved that he'll be headed back to Nigeria with a diploma in hand.

OK, that is really it for now. We hope this update finds everyone doing well.

Abrazos,

David (and Amy of course)