Panama Update #97
December 11, 2008
Nikki's big talk on Tuesday went well. I walked over to the talk with Nikki from our apartment. We were in a big hurry and I forgot the camera, so sorry that I do not have pictures to share. The talk was about climate and land-use in Ethiopia and how it affected the societies about 3000 years ago. It is based on the research she did in Ethiopia the last two years. The powerpoint was one hour long and she took some questions after. There were about 25-30 people there. She met some researchers here who she had not met before and got some good connections from that. Now she switches gears and is preparing a Poster to present at the San Francisco AGU conference on her work here.
Today I finished work at the school until January 13, a long winter break (they call it summer here). Today is also the last Yoga class until January 8. Everyone at the organization here where Nikki works seems to be dispersing for 2 or 3 weeks over the holidays. Some will return and others have ended their time here. We have seen a lot of people come and go in our 5 months here, including some very good friends from different countries that we plan to keep in touch with.
