Considering this was a field school, work was a lot more fun than usual. For the primatology group, work included laying on their back observing families of their selected study species for long periods of time. For the environ- ment group, it meant going into the local village and interviewing the locals and playing with the children. For the ecology group, it meant going dip netting for aquatic invertebrates (see earlier post) or putting on gumboots to navigate the papyrus swamps. For everyone, it meant sitting outside under a tree or in the common area and working together on our various group projects. Basically, work was lots and lots of fun, though there was time for 'fun' as well.
An impromptu soccer game was played with the teams being determined by who was in shorts and who was in pants on the large grassy area near the dorms in Kibale.
Even more fun was the football (soccer) match that pitted the locals against us. Most of the students at CFSIA participated, and while we were clearly outmatched, we still played and had lots of fun playing!
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