The canopy observation site is complete

Well after days of preparation we have finally completed our first observation tower in a large tree at the top of the canopy. The observation tower is 25 m in the air and we get to see all of the jungle from up there, truly amazing. I will send pictures soon of the view. As for now here are a couple of us going up to the obsdervation point.

I must add after 12 hours of strenous work at 35 degrees celcius, the team of 4 went up and 2 minutes after we sat down the first king vulture landed at his roost site about 30 meters away from us, a perfect day!

getting ready

Well I am sorry about this quick entry but we are busy building all of the special gear needed to go to the top of the high canopy trees...here are a couple of pictures of the funny things we have been doing!

And oh yes, the temple pictures are pictures of the Calaktmul Ruins, one of the biggest ruins after Tikkal, truly amazing!

I will find time in a couple of days to keep you posted!!!

Ah yes, and the picture is of our first day in the field... ah the life of a biologist! It took us about 2 hours to get out of this one!

Arrival in Cancun

Well after an easy flight from Montreal to Cancun, I arrived in Mexico in the afternoon and felt at home again in this great country. I was picked up by the staff of the Cancun Botanical Gardens where I dropped off my stuff and spend the rest of the day at the beach!

That night I spent it with the rest of our crews who arrived at different hours from different parts of the world! Spending the night in a beautiful tropical garden with with free ranging spider monkeys was quite at treat!

The next day we heading down south to Chetumal, the largest city in the area to stock up on the food and gear before our arrival at our homebase in the small Mayan Village of Zoh Laguna.

In Zoh Laguna both groups established themselves in their living quarters which will be our homebase for the next three months! Its a good start!