Panama Update #94
December 5, 2008
Nikki is busy preparing for a big talk she gives next Tuesday, December 9. It is the main talk for the week at the organization she works for and all employees and the public are invited. She is speaking on the research she conducted in Ethiopia over the last 2 years, before coming to Panama. After that talk, then she has 5 days to prepare for the poster she is presenting at the American Geological Union (AGU) in San Francisco. She is also continuing to see an Ayurvedic doctor down here who she likes a lot. She has made her appointments early in the morning since we live on the other side of town and the traffic is so bad. The taxi driver picks her up at 5:30, it takes about a half-hour to get there, and then she returns home by about 7:00 AM. She gets some massage, therapy, herbal tea, and suggestions on diet and nutrition. In order to get a taxi driver to come to the house at that time, she has to pay him $6 to driver her over there, which by Panama standards is expensive, but otherwise it would be difficult to find someone.
