I am going to let Claire do most of the Blogging because she is better at it.  I thought that some people might like to see some of the areas that we are visiting.  The pictures below are from the Darien district of Panama.  Very rural but good soils for the tropics and lots of natural forest remaining (though it's not protected so will probably be cut soon). We had a long day of walking and riding horses around the valley after a 6 am departure and slippery drive in that included a river crossing that could have trapped us on the wrong side if it decided to rain.  We had good luck though and a good (but long) day.