I always take old comfortable clothes and come home with an empty bag.
Jane Stewart
Research Center
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>From: Robert Taylor[SMTP:taylorrt at geocities.com]
>Sent: Friday, September 19, 1997 9:40AM
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: Re: Costa Rica
>
>At 09:21 AM 9/19/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>Two practical things to take to Costa Rica - a flat sink stopper and
>>chigger repellant. I was miserable with chiggers down there but at least
>>I could stop sinks to wash socks. Birds were magnificant but challenging
>>to find at times. Enjoy.
>>
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>>Louise Martell
>>Family and Child Nursing Box 357262
>>University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7262
>>e-mail martell at u.washington.edu
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>>
>>On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Robert Taylor wrote:
>>
>
>Excellent ideas. I always stuffed a sock in the drain and kept pulling it
>out during the wash process. Ususally I had laundry done. I either bird
>or sleep when I am someplace good. I guess you could take all your old
>clothes, wear them until laundry is imminent and make a donation to the
>locals instead. That is not a sarcastic remark. In many countries they
>are far less well off than us and I tend to lighten my load as I go. One
>pair of binoculars is in Manu Park as far as I know and others have
>benefitted with books, clothes, tent (with a local cook who did fantastic
>service for us in Kenya), etc.
>
>Sorry for my typos in the previos message -- I think it remained readable.
>
>I did leave out on book that is easily overlooked
>
>Ridgely & Gwynne's A Guide to the Birds of Panama (with Costa Rica,
>Nicaragua, and Honduras). It's handy if you hit more than one country.
>Howell and Webb's book for Mexican Birds is truly the best of all but
>doesn't cover far enough south to give info on many Costa Rican species.
>
>Gotta run. Any questions? Ask them, I'll try my best,
>
> Bob
> taylorrt at geocities.com
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