Day Eight

    Today was our last day at Finca La Anita and on studying the ants. We prepared ourselves for presenting the discoveries we have uprooted and finalized our work. Presenting was one of the hard parts of the project that we had to endure. Though once each one of the groups finished presenting we could see there stress and worry wash away just like what's about to happen. Halfway through all the presenting the rain rushed down to us rapidly bringing with it the intense sound of thousands upon thousands of droplets hitting the metal roof which muffled the presenters midway through explaining their discoveries.

    After finishing the presentations we all congratulated each other and then proceeded to have lunch. After a long break we took a tractor ride to the new lab that's being built. There we sacrificed Sage to the volcano and took the tractor into town for a great experience in making Costa Rica's food.

    We made tortillas, rice and beans, chicken, salad and churros. After we made everything we served ourselves and sat down and ate. About half  of the way through dinner they brought out peppers that were very spicy, lets just says a lot of people were crying. After dinner we ate our churros and solved a few puzzles the staff had set up. For the last 30 minutes everyone, except for sage, danced to the the music they turned on. It was a great experience and a great end to our day.







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