We woke up bright and early at 5:30 am, gathered our gear, and headed out to the first site. It rained hard last night and the occasional sprinkle still came down, leaving the air nice and cool (a generally un-Cambodian concept). We started out by measuring the perimeter of the paddy, which was much larger than we expected. Our two Cambodian bio students jumped right in, so to speak, and we all worked together well.
For a first day it didn't have as many mistakes as was possible and we actually seemed to divide and conquer quickly. Some of the mistakes made were easy to counter and others, such as my taking eleven more soil cores than was necessary, have to be remedied when some of us go back to the paddy this evening.
Other than that, we came back, showered off all of the muck that had chosen to jump ship, and ate large lunch. After that, we each went off to do our own thing, whether is was to prepare for round two, take a nap, or go off to the market.
That's all for now folks :)
- Kat J
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