Journals 2008/2009

Cheryl Manning
Evergreen High School, Evergreen, CO

"Oceanographic Control and Global Distributions of Subseafloor Microbial Life and Activity" R/V Knorr January 11 - February 22, 2009

Journal Index: January 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15             16 - 17 - 18 - 19 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23             24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 February 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10               11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15 - 16 - 17 - 18               19 - 20 - 21 - 22

January 9, 2009
A Quick Tour of Costa Rica

Today, Mandy, Dr. Pockalny and I had a quick breakfast then caught a taxi out to Puntarenas, two hours west of San Jose. The countryside is beautiful: volcanoes loom over coffee plantations, deep canyons are cut by blue rivers, and the flowers! They are everywhere. The plants are not unfamiliar, most of them are grown as houseplants in the US.

Hibiscus flowers and banana trees growing in the backyard of the hotel

We got to our hotel, looked out the window and there was the R/V Knorr in the bay. It is a beautiful ship. After lunch, we caught a small boat that took us out to the ship. Dr. Steven D'Hondt gave Mandy and I a tour of the ship's labs and quarters. He gave us an overview of where we would be working and what we would be doing. We met many of the other science and ship crew.

The R/V Knorr in Puntarenas Harbor