Everyone (Austin Andrus, Brianna Drake, Luke Moilanen, Nick Nathan, and Denise Zitnik) arrived safely and on time (and with the equipment and MTU PhD Candidate Miriam Rios-Sanchez) in Quito late on Thursday, Nov. 19th. They were joined by me later that night.
Spent Friday in planning meetings with the water utility company (EMAAP-Q), getting batteries for the SuperSting, and heading to Puembo, which will be our base of operations.
Conducted resistivity and WADI surveys on Saturday and Sunday. Because of the heat, bugs, and rugged terrain, we are already pretty exhausted, and some are suffering a little from itchy bites and sunburn. The students have been taking pictures and will post some later. Although this hotel in Puembo is nice, the internet is unreliable, so don't expect much in the way of regular updates.
Our weekend work crew includes two EMAAP-Q staff (Guillermo and Teresa) and a PhD student (Clara). We grew by two students today, Andrea and Maria, both of whom are geology students at Escuela Polytecnica Nationale.
Miriam and I went to Quito today for more meetings. The crews are not back yet (4:23 pm).
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