Itinerary

Date

Location

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

May 16
Monday

• Arrive at Columbus airport

• Flight to Panama

• Arrive in Panama City
• Take bus from airport to Gamboa

May 17
Tuesday

• Breakfast (7:00)
• STRI Orientation talk (9:00)
• Lecture: Common plant families in the Neotropics (10:00)
• Gamboa walk and plant identification

• Lunch (12:00)
• Lecture: Insect identification by Alex DeMilto (13:15)
• Gamboa forest excursion, insect and plant identification
• Overview of blogs

• Dinner (18:00)
• Research talk on bats by Gerry Carter

May 18
Wednesday

Parque Nactional Soberania (AM)

Gamboa (PM)

• Breakfast (5:00)
• Bird watching on Pipeline Road (6:00)
• Take lunch

• Lecture: Ants, by Alex DeMilto
• Statistics Lecture
• “What makes a good research question”
• Intro to research projects

• Dinner (18:00)
• Work on research projects

May 19
Thursday 

• Boat to BCI (7:15)
• Breakfast on BCI
• BCI forest tour

• BCI
• Boat to Gamboa (15:40)
• Work on research projects

• Dinner (18:00)
• System talks I (19:00)
• Night Walk (21:00)

May 20
Friday

• Breakfast (6:00)
• Bus leaves for dock (7:00)
• Lunch provided at village

• Return to Gamboa (15:00)
• Work on research projects

• Dinner (18:00)
• System talks II (19:00)

Saturday

• Breakfast (7:00)
• ½ group: Kayak tour  (8:00)
• ½ group: research projects

• Lunch (12:00)
• ½ group: Kayak tour with Iann (14:00)
• ½ group: research projects

• Dinner (18:00)
• System talks III (19:00)
• Work on research projects

May 22
Sunday

• Breakfast (7:00)
• Bus to Campana (7:30)
• Guided hike in Campana

• Bus to Gamboa
• Work on research projects

• Dinner (17:30)
• Bat mist-netting (18:30)

May 23
Monday

Agua Salud

• Breakfast (7:00)
• Visit Agua Salud Project (7:30)

• Agua Salud
• Return to Gamboa

• Dinner (18:00)
• Amphibians excursion, Javier Mendez (19:00)

May 24
Tuesday

• Breakfast (7:00)
• Bus from Gamboa (8:00)
• Summit Zoo
• Take lunch

• Miraflores Locks, Panama Canal
• ICBG Tour (15:00)
• STRI Research talk (16:00)

• Dinner in Panama City at Las Tinajas (Arrive by 8pm, Show at 9pm)
• Bus to Gamboa

May 25
Wednesday

• Breakfast (5:30)
• Bus to PNM (6:00)
• PNM canopy crane (7-9 AM)
• Free time in Casco Viejo

• Lunch in Casco Viejo
• Biomuseo (13:00)
• Punta Culebra (15:00)

• Dinner (18:00)
• Research talk on plant pathogens by Jenalle Eck (19:00)
• Work on research projects

May 26
Thursday

• Boat to BCI (7:15)
• Breakfast on BCI
• Primates talk, Alex (~8:30)
• Finish projects & presentations

• Lunch (12:00)
• Finish elevator talks
• Project presentations (16:30)

• Dinner on BCI (18:30)
• Bambi Seminar (19:15)
• Overnight on BCI

May 27
Friday

• Return boat from BCI (7:00)
• Breakfast and refresh for the day
• Bus to Caribbean side (8:00)
• Hike in Parque Nacional San Lorenzo

• Lunch and tour at Galeta Marine Lab
• Bus to Gamboa

• Dinner (18:00)

May 28
Saturday

• Bus from Gamboa to airport in Panama City (4:45)

•  Travel

• Land at CMH (18:08)