Marco and David

So today we went to look for this butterfly Matt wanted. It's a butterfly that may be a new species but we only have caught one specimen, and in order to have a new species described you need something around 10 males and 10 females. So we went to the spot where we had seen these butterflies and in fact we saw 3, but these guys are so freaking fast that it's is very hard to catch them...we got bored after trying and trying so we headed to the little town I discovered the day before. We went to Don Porfirio's pulperia to have a coke and I payed him his Lempiras and I got my dollar back. In the pulperia I saw Michelle again and we said hi to each other.

After this we decided to head to the main road and try to get a bus that would take us the beach. We rode in a small mini van and it took us to a town called Ceiba (Ceiba is a jungle tree that is huuuuuge). So we arrived at Ceiba and asked around where the beach was, finally we found the beach and we were disappointed...While in town some of the people in the street looked at us in a funny way, -we were in field clothes with long butterfly nets and backpacks-, a guy said as we passed him catch me catch me I'm a butterfly, I just though it was funny and smiled. Matt had no idea what was going on because he does not speak spanish. The town was very dirty and so the beach, we took a few pics and got some pastries in a bakery and then decided to head back to Pino. On our way back into the forest we decided to give another try and spend a couple more hours collecting. While doing so we saw two kids approaching and when they got to us we saw the butterlfy (It's called Battus) so Matt sprinted like a mad bull and swung the net a couple of times and he missed, the kids and me were laughing, it actually looked pretty funny. The kids asked us why where we collecting butterflies and we told them the we were biologists and that this was our job. They decided to join us in our collecting hike. I asked "what's you name?" One of them said I'm David and the other one said I'm Marco. Then I asked them do you live nearby with your families? Marco said I have no Mom or Dad, my Dad was killed when they tried to rob him... I have no family and I sleep where the night catches me...How about you David? I said David said: I don't have a Mom or a Dad I live with my Grandma, my Dad got killed in a fight...So I changed the subject and told them: do you guys want to help us? we can pay you 10 Lempiras for each Battus you get and we have an extra net you can use. They said yes!! we wonder around this forest all the time so we will be glad to help you! So we taught them how to catch butterflies, how to handle them without damaging their wing and how to store them in special envelopes. We continued our hiked and Matt spotted another Battus. He ran pretty fast swung the net and got it!!!!! I yelled yeah!!! we got one!

Marco and David took us to some really neat jungle spots we didn't know, then we headed back and told them to meet us again in two days in the spot where we originally meet. We shook hands like men and told them let's meet again on Sunday at 9AM. We'll see if they bring a few more Battus...