"The last Costa Rican island is disappearing behind us, so no more sight of land until we reach Catalina Island in about 8 days. Well, possibly we'll see the tip of Baja in the distance in a few days, depending on how close we come and whether it's daylight. We were just preparing to 'cast off lines' when I went to class at 8:00 this morning, and had left Golfito a few miles
behind when I came out at 9:00. Lots of big thunderheads over the coast during the day, but sunny and hot out where we've been.
"Had a nice dinner of sauted jumbo shrimp last night, my favorite oxymoron, then walked back to the ship in a warm light drizzle. It must have rained harder during the night, judging by the puddles this morning. The ship's purser called me at 6:00 a.m. because I hadn't turned in my port pass, and they had to collect all port passes before departure. This was the only port where we were issued a special pass (our Golden Bear ID card was sufficient everywhere else), so I didn't know I had to turn it back in.
"Various individuals reported seeing monkeys, toucans, macaws, and parrots in Costa Rica, but ants and lizards (one with a beautiful blue irridescent tail) were the best I could manage. And one wolf spider and one small snake hiding in a bromyliad (sp?). And the guide on yesterday's hike found a poison dart frog for us. They're very small, about the size of a fingernail.
"All in all, this little corner of Costa Rica was a pleasant, but remote, place. The people were very nice.
"Now everyone's hunkered down for the last week-and-a-day of classes. Classes go through next Friday, then next Saturday and the following Monday will be final exam days. I'm giving back 2 midterms today on which the scores are dreadful. Both classes are getting my doom and gloom speach about how their parents aren't paying big bucks for them to come on cruise only to end up on academic probation. So (for some) they've got a week left to get their act together and pull out a passing grade. I suspect my popularity rating just dropped a big notch. Oh well.
"OK, an hour until dinner. I['m] struggling with a 'revision issue.' Maybe I can figure out how I want to deal with it by dinner time."
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