Dr. Keith Shawe Forestry Department The Natural Resources Institute kshawe@btl.net (Second paragraph by Dr. Keith Shawe, HERBARIA. PLANT TAXONOMISTS) "Accommodations have been excellent; more than I
expected, I must say. Costa Rica is a very developed country anyway,
so the accommodation reflected the needs of the tourist who flock
here in large numbers, we also had a fairly well organized daily
structure, traveling, lunch, etc.
Dr. Charles F. Quibell
(First Paragraph by Dr. Charles Quibel, PROFESSORS).
Dr. Quibell said: "This is my first intensive tropical experience"....."I came
actually for some practical knowledge in being able to recognize
woody trees of the tropics, particularly those that have good wood
for furniture, ....". ..... "This course is best described as
intensive, very constructive, its pedagogy is very fine tuned and
Dr. Jimenez, the course manager, sticks to it very, very diligently"....
Dr. Duane Houck
(First and Second Paragraphs by Dr. Charles Quibel, PROFESSORS).
Dr. Houck used to teach biology and now
he is retired. He declared:"The course was offered
in a way that a person with botanical background and one that did
not had a background, everybody one could benefit." ....."When I first
arrived I thought there might be a
lot of primitive camping involved and I've been happily surprised
over the convenience lodging and the good meals that are always
available. It's been very satisfactory and helps us in using all our
energy in concentrating in the subject matter that we came down here
to understand more fully". "All of the teachers have been very gracious and
kind, tending to all we need 
Prof. Vera Lex Engel
(Third Paragraph by Vera Lex Engel):
Vera was finishing her Ph. D. studies in Forest Ecology. She teaches Dendrology in Brasil. Speaking in Portuguese, she declared (see English translation below):
"O curso foi muito bem organizado; tudo pensado nos seus mínimos detalhes. Ficamos em alojamentos muito bons, muito confortáveis, nosso transporte também foi bastante eficiente....." The course was well organized; everything was ordered. We passed in good hotels, and transport was efficient..
Dr. Sacha H. Spector
(Second Paragraph by Sacha Spector):
Sacha was a Ph.D. student in a program of
Entomology. He said about organization: "The course has definitively gone smoothly from start to finish...., excellent food, no snags in terms of waiting for transportation, or hotels or anything like that, it's gone 1,2,3 with a minimum of input from ourselves as to how get things done".
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