Mud and Humidity

So, everyone will be surprised to know that Costa Rica did not beat Germany. The Costa Ricans took it pretty well, I think. Almost like they expected it.
Today we travelled by bus to Las Cruces Biological station, in the south. It took about 8 hours. We stopped for lunch and had a chance to watch a bit of the Argentina/Ivory Coast game. Our TA for the course, Pablo, diligently ran around the bus holding up his radio trying to get reception to give us updates (that's him in the picture).
I lost a bunch of photos off my camera today and I don't know why, so all I have to show of the countryside is this photo. We passed lots of pinapple plantations, too, and I would have liked to show how they grow from plants on the ground and not on trees (much to the surprise of many people on our bus).