WEEK THREE

​Field research is never without its difficulties. Consider the challenge part of an 'adventure package', a small price to pay for the experience of studying strange species, curious phenomena and for exploring one of the most beautiful places on the planet. Forget the million sweat bees swarming your face as you fumble around with fishing line, tying knots to hang a butterfly trap; I'm undeterred by the obstacle course we clamber through to reach our sites, hip-high logs, overhanging branches, swampy streams and mud that threatens to devour your entire leg, sharp, spiky, spiny plants at every corner set to trip or trap your clothing en-route to the butterflies. For me the hardest thing is this waiting game. Days of torrential rain make the road unpassable and our sites inaccessible. So we stay at camp, preparing all we can for the next sampling cycle, twiddling our thumbs and praying that the downpour might subside soon! 

During this psychological battle we have kept ourselves entertained with other things. I taught my first yoga class in Spanish for the ladies on camp the other day (which unsurprisingly they found very amusing!) and we've spent a few moments sitting by the river to watch, listen and admire nature in all its splendour. One of the workers found an atlas moth which was very exciting, largest species in the world, feast your eyes on this! 

¡Hasta lluego! 
Tish 

Atlas moth, largest species in the world