Buenos noches!

Today was an eventful day! We started off with working on our science experiments, and we started our posters. Our posters will be used to present our projects to Adrian, Pablo, Ana, and locals. After lunch we went off to our hike to the thermal spring. We took taxi pick up trucks and got to ride in the bed. Standing up while we rode was very fun even though we went on some suspicious bridges and rivers. Even one of the signs said to be cautious while passing because the bridge was in bad shape. The hike to the springs was gorgeous in the primary rainforest. It was really fun to run through the forest with Pablo. We had to hike up a stream and a small waterfall to get to the thermal waterfall, but it was worth it. It was beautiful and a fun adventure. It wasn't that warm because of the heavy rain the day before. On the way back we stopped at a thermal bath that the locals go to. We could see the steam coming off the water, and we got to hike up the stream feeding it. When we returned we all took showers and had a great dinner. Right now we are all taking our last night of data. We will see you all on Sunday night!

- Lauren and Maddie 


Amanda's Poetry Corner:
Discovery
Two falls water collects between.
Yin and yang balancing one another out in mass pools of miscellaneous ideas swirling together.
The only place without the limitation of time.
Many planes combine into one.
Thoughts are cleared out by the cleanliness these falls bring. 
Everything now the same, no telling where one thing stops and the next begins,
but do I want to know?
Why cannot quaint mysteries remain unsolved, benign to all importance.
Dive deep, look within, see yourself.
The mystery never known, set aside in calm passing.
Why must the outside be discovered when the inside is untouched.
Mortified by this new truth, minds expand. 
Time returns, new exploration uncovered by this plane between planes,
unseen yet guiding in such a meaningful way.