TROPICAL MAYTERM ITINERARY

Below is the itinerary for the Costa Rica and Belize portions of our Tropical Biology Mayterm. Many of the places we are staying will afford access to public phones from which you may can call home. However, no places will allow "charging it to your room", so you must have a calling card or be able to go through ATT collect. At virtually every place we are staying, initiating a call to home is much easier and more appropriate than is receiving a call, since most places are either biological stations with one office phone for a large community, or inexpensive "pensions" without full service front desks. Therefore, incoming numbers are provided for use only in case of serious emergencies. If there is an emergency at home, callers should leave a number at which they can be reached, since it is very unlikely that staff will be able to leave the office and find you in several thousand acres of preseve while the caller is on the line!

There are a few places where we will be sufficiently out in the bush that we will not be directly reachable. These places are indicated by "---". In addition, a couple of places with phone numbers listed (e.g., South Water Caye, or Marenco Biological Reserve), do not have phones on premises, but at an office some distance away. In such cases, one may reach us when we arrive at our next stop with a phone, or leave a message with us through our in-country hosts (* see below).

COSTA RICA

DATE	ACTIVITY	LODGING	INFORMATION
09	Depart to Costa Rica	In flight	Depart Westmont College 7:30pm Depart LAX 11:55, Taca Flt #511
10	Sightsee San Jose	Hotel Aranjuez	FAX (506) 457-2070; Ph 223-3559
11	Bus to Canopy Tram & OTS	La Selva (Org Trop Studies)	FAX (506) 710-6897
12	Field Study	La Selva	Phone (506) 710-6481
13	"	La Selva	"
14	"	La Selva	"
15	"	La Selva	"
16	Travel to Arenal Volcano	Hotel San Bosco	Phone (506) 479-9050
17	Volcano Hike; Return S Jose	Hotel Aranjuez	FAX (506) 457-2070; Ph 223-3559
18	Travel to south	Hacienda Baru	Ph (506) 771-4582 or 771-1903
19	Boat to Field Station	Marenco Biol. Rsv	FAX: (506) 55-1340
20	Field Study	"	Phone (506) 21-1594
21	"	"	"
22	"	"	"
23	Depart Marenco for QERC	QERC or pension en route	---
24	Field Study	QERC @ Cabinas Chimuri	FAX (506) 285-3818
25	"	QERC	Phone (506) 285-3818
26	"	QERC	"
27	"	QERC	"
28	Travel to Tortuguero	Tortuguero	---
29	Field Study	Tortuguero	---
30	Field Study	Tortuguero	---
31	Field Study	Tortuguero	---
1	Return to San Jose	Hotel Aranjuez	FAX (506) 457-2070; Ph 223-3559
2	Depart San Jose to Belize	Belize: Jaguar Creek	Dpt 7:00 am, Taca Flt. #410

BELIZE

DATE	ACTIVITY	LODGING	INFORMATION
2	Arrv Belize; Tour Zoo	CEA: Jaguar Creek	FAX (501) 812 034
3	Local field studies	Jaguar Creek	Phone (501) 812 034
4	Jungle River Float	Jaguar Creek	"
5	Mayan Ruins	Jaguar Creek	(visiting Mennonites)
6	Sp Lookout intro	Jaguar Creek	FAX/Ph (501) 812 034
7	Drive to Cockscomb	Cockscomb Jaguar Preserve	---
8	Explore Cockscomb	Pelican Beach Resort	FAX (501) 5-22570 Phone (501) 5-22044
9	Boat South Water Caye	SW Caye	radio phone message from Pelican Beach, above
10	Reef Ecology	SW Caye
11	Reef Ecology / Free Day	SW Caye
12	Depart Belize	Westmont	Taca Flt #520, Arrv LAX 11:10 pm
13	Prepare Final Reports	Westmont
14	Course Conclusion	Home	Class ends at noon

La Selva Biological Station.

Run by the Organization for Tropical Studies, the premier international academic coalition for tropical research and education.

OTS La Selva

Apartado 676

2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca

Costa Rica

Phone (506) 710-6897; FAX (506) 710-6481

* Quetzal Research and Education Center.

Run by Southern Nazarene University, our in-country hosts who are graciously making travel & facilities arrangements on our behalf.

Dr. Leo & Zana Finkenbinder

QERC

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

(506) 285-3818

Marenco Biological Reserve

A private, rustic, and fairly isolated reserve in the unspoiled south of the country, with no utilities and access only by boat or single-engine plane.

San Jose address:

Apartado 4025-1000

San Jose

Costa Rica

Phone (506) 21-1594

FAX (506) 55-1340

* Jaguar Creek Environmental Center

Run by the Chrstian Environmental Association, our in-country hosts in Belize, who are making travel & facilities arrangements for us up to our stay in the Cockscomb. Phone/FAX are cellular transmissions right to the Center.

Phone/FAX (501) 812 034

Pelican Beach Resort / South Water Caye

Run by the President of the Belize Audobon Society, the leading conservation organization in Belize. Pelican Beach Resort is a modest facility on the southern Caribbean coast, and it manages a converted convent on SW Caye, with solar power, no phone/FAX, but radio contact to the main facility on the mainland. Emergency messages received at

Phone (506) 5-22044 FAX (506) 5-22570