San Jose, Costa Rica

It took a while but I finally got a job and its exactly the type of work I was looking for. For 3 months, starting next week in Hone Creek (Puerto Viejo) on the Caribbean coast.

I'm going to biomonitor rivers for ANAI in the Talamanca region, it is an UNESCO World Heitrage Site. Pretty awesome area. It is the same kind of work that I did in South Africa and Indonesia. We determine the quality of the system by looking at biodiversity. In other words, we catch fish and thereby determine if its a clean river or a polluted one and if it changes over time. Most sites can be reached in a day by car but for some of the sites we will have to go by boat and stay over night.

Anyways, the interview was in Spanish and I survived it. They assured me I'm going to improve a lot too since they work a with the local communities, perfect!

My office/house is still on the beach so I don't have to give up the surfing although there won't be a lot of time for it I think. But hey, with the Salsa Brava only 5km away I have to try it sometime (my insurance covers surf accidents).

It's all working out in the end, right now I just got back from my morning session in Santa Teresa where I also was before the interview. Love this place, later more about that...

Pura Vida!


On my way to the job interview in San Jose...