12/2/08, 7am – The time of the year is the rainy season. They don’t call it a rainforest for nothing! This area of the country will receive 3-4 meters (this is 9 to 13 feet) of rain during this season which runs from June 1st to mid December. We routinely experienced 30 to 40 mph winds throughout our stay.
12/2/08, 8am – We have chosenHotel Tilawa for our base of operations during this trip.
12/2/08 , 9am – In working with LRFF we have called a town hall style meeting of all the land owners interested in participating in our REDD project. Not far from the hotel sits a restaurant next to this out of service COOCAFE coffee roasting facility. As you will see we have plenty of room.
12/2/08 – The trees are big in this part of the world. We were able to see this in the speaker’s podium, lounging woman and the entrance to the restaurant.
12/2/08 – 10am – This series of pictures show some of the meeting for the landowners to explain the program. I can say that we were very happy at the attendance. As the week wore on we became even more impressed as we saw what it actually took for some to make it to this event.
12/2/08 4pm – After a long meeting we have some down time at Hotel Tilawa
