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Gallery May 2, 2016 by Ace Reuben

Research Week: Hard work and delirium

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 Everyone is quiet and working intensely on writing first drafts of their papers. This is a noise free zone. Christian on the other hand is taking a break from “working” at 2am with me and accomplishes his goal in Costa Rica . He found a shield mantis(Choeradodis, I believe) on the outer window of our room. The […]

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Gallery April 17, 2016 by Ace Reuben

The many forms of a Person

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This is the weirdest post on this website…Enjoy because I will look much more normal when I return from Costa Rica.

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Gallery April 17, 2016 by Ace Reuben

Tribute to the Ticos

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This gallery is for all the natives of Costa Rica, without whom I would never have received reckless teasing, passionate discussions about local coffee, and bizarre lectures on seed anachronisms, beetle sex, and monkey diets and pleas for “Wear your life jackets!” Thanks guys, I may not be able to believe every other thing you have […]

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Gallery March 25, 2016 by Ace Reuben

El parque nacional Manuel Antonio (12 de Marzo)

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 A secluded bay in the park. The island contains a cavern that whistles as the tides change. Air flowing in is pushed into a smaller space.  The beach was crawling with hermit crabs(Also the greatest pun on this webpage) There may have been thousands  This guy likes the attention of people. He could make it […]

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Gallery February 19, 2016 by Ace Reuben

February 17-Visit to the rice field

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Yes, this is a picture of rice. Rice is in the Poaceae family. That is the grass family, also home to sugar cane and bamboo. The man on the far left is Manuel, who has been farming here since the 1980s.

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Gallery February 9, 2016 by Ace Reuben

Football, a Gentlemen’s sport

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 See the guy in the white shirt at the left edge of there photo above? That is Carlos, our 51 year old cargo driver, dish washer, joke cracker, and all-around spirited being. And he loves football(soccer). We were told early on that Ticos are especially aggressive for Central Americans but it did not stop us […]

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Gallery February 9, 2016 by Ace Reuben

A basic Costa Rican breakfast, La Cruces

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  I’ve really been enjoying eating Gallo Pinto, seriously. And papaya fresca here makes me sad because I know I won’t get this kind of food when I return.

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