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[*] posted on 1-9-2004 at 02:07 PM
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Although I am not that pleased with either, I prefer the former to the latter. And you definitely seem to know of what you speak so I will slow down on my criticisms of professionals. Even if they are foreigners rather than the people that rightfully should be doing these investigations.
I hope they gave the locals some good things besides their trash when they left.




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[*] posted on 1-9-2004 at 02:31 PM


Thanks, Ski.
Please check out the details of the trip at:
http://www.sdnhm.org/research/aguaverde/overview.pdf
It is much more than just foriegners. The expedition included the notable Mexican scientists:
Dr Jose Delgadillo from UABC
Dr. Jose Luis Leon de la Luz CIBNOR
M.C. Jorge Alaniz Garcia UABC
Dr. Patricia Galina CIBNOR
Dr. Oscar Flores UNAM
Jorge Valdez Viallavicencio UABC
Anny Peralta UABC
Dr. Eric Mellink CICESE
Jaime Luevano CICESE
Dr. Gorgonio Ruiz Campos UABC
Dr. Mike White UABC
Dr. Exquiel Ezcurra INE

I had the great opportunity to attend the annual meeting of the 3 big international herpetological societies (herpetology is the study of reptiles and amphibians) that was hosted in La Paz in June of 2000. It was fantastic. The govenor of BCS gave a welcome speech and many other local officials really helped make it a great event. There I got to meet many researchers from La Paz which has 3 major research centers (CIBNOR, UABC and CICESE). People come from all over Mexico and the world to attend these schools and I know several Americans who have choosen to attend grad school there rather than in the US for the quality of the education and the opportunities available. These people do 1st rate work and are leading researchers in fields as diverse as Biochemistry and Marine Biology. Sorry for the ramble but after many years banging around Baja I found this great community of people and I wish I was down there visiting right now. In Baja the more I look the more unexpected things I see. Como Mexico no hay dos!!!

I'd write more but I just bought a new pair of skis this morning and am headed out the door to ski down my street and out across the fields with my dog. If you ever see a tall gringo running through the cactus with a lizard noose in one hand and a Pacifico in the other stop and say hello.
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[*] posted on 1-9-2004 at 03:42 PM
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Boy do I envy you Sir!! Not much of that out the door skiing going on in these parts.
In the mountains I run across some of the weirdest critters I have ever seen. If you are interested, I will start taking pictures of them when I stumble across them.
I have never really had an interest in bugs and as far as the plants go, I am very interested in the indigenous foods and medicinal plants which I am learning about every time I go down there.
Have you ever heard of Yerba de Manso ?
As far as running into you with your Lizard noose hahahahaha, it would certainly be a pleasure. You may even be interested in a mountain excursion some time ?????
I was going to put up a stick bug which would be weird for some but I thought this was a little more weird.




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