Woke up had breakfast in the hostel with Wayne. Juan Cardo
then came to the hostel and we set of for Quistakotcha. We left Freddie’s machete
in the motor taxi– good start. The site we needed to get to was pretty straight forward. It was
slightly wet not as much as the previous Aguajales I had been in. On the walk
in we saw this beautiful, brightly coloured caterpillar. Wayne looked at Juan Cardo
and asks ‘peligroso? (dangerous?)’ and Juan Cardo replies ‘muchos peligroso!!’
Wayne seemed worried, but it was amazing so I decided to take pictures while
Wayne ran away. We went to two areas before lunch. Here we put down five
chambers and took measurements from each one every minute. We filled the
syringes, took air temperature, dissolved oxygen content in the soil and took soil
PH measurements every minute too. We couldn’t take measurements between 12.00
and 14.30 as at this time there would be major changes in the results. So we
stopped for a long lunch. We had a tin of sardines with crackers. We then
returned after lunch and took measurements in two more areas. We finished at
3.30 and returned to La Pascana. In the evening we went to a bar with a guy
named John who works at iiap. He wanted to collaborate with the PHD guys
staying at la Pascana and learn more about all the projects.
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