Wednesday, May 8, 2013

A very Chilean reunion!

Tina and Morgan came to visit! You may remember them from pretty much every post from Chile, where we formed the Degu Crew. I've been lucky enough to see Tina every so often since she's out here in California too, and it was a super treat to have Morgan fly across the country so we could run around LA and eat everything imaginable in a weekend! We kept ourselves busy, but managed to finish the weekend with a big pasta dinner and some Chilean wine- just like in our apartment in Santiago!

A few highlights- and some of my favorite things around Los Angeles :)

We visited the LA Arboretum when everything was blooming!
Nom nom nom!
First Friday at the LA Museum of Natural History.  Dinosaurs, dioramas, and drinks. So good! 
Santa Monica beach and Bay Cities Deli. Plus sorbetto in a mango!
Soup dumplings from Din Tai Fun. Tina's eaten at the original location in Taiwan!

Hiking up to the Hollywood sign
Porto's Bakery. An overwhelming experience, but so ridiculously delicious!

My research- in a video!

I recently had to make a video about my research for a fellowship I received. Never having made a video before, it took me a lot longer than anticipated but I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. Hopefully it is fun to watch and also informative! I am about to start my field work again next week, so fingers crossed it all goes smoothly!


More camera trap photos!

Since camera traps were one of my favorite parts about Nicaragua, I wanted to share a few more awesome shots we got!

A puma (mountain lion), hunting something right on the trail
armadillo!
Tayra, which is related to a weasel 
hog-nosed skunk
agouti
spiny(?) rat