The Blog: Expedition to Vietnam

I invite you to join me as virtual members of a scientific expedition to Vietnam! I have been awarded a fellowship from the Earthwatch Institute to study butterflies in the tropical forests of Northern Vietnam. Check out the Butterflies of Vietnam Expedition website to find out more!

During the week of May 14-18, I will be in the Tam Dao National Park in Vietnam capturing, documenting, and studying butterflies. I will hold two live classes via a satelite phone. In addition, you will be able to follow my progress and ask me questions on a daily basis using the blog below.

The blog on this website has been created in order to allow Mr. Bucs' students, friends, and community to share in his experience in Vietnam. Please focus your comments and questions on the expedition.

Slideshow: Butterflies of Vietnam

Monday, May 14, 2007

Training Day



We started our first day of classes today. Of course, Lien, being the resident expert on butterflies, was our teacher. We got out our notebooks and pencils. I might add that everyone was prepared for class. Lien has created a map of the Tam Dao tropical mountain forest. I discussed the pink sections at the borders of the park in my blog yesterday (pink indicates no forest present).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What form of transportation are you using?
How do the butterflies differ from here in the US?
FROM *L

Jeff Bucs said...

8L,

We got here from Hanoi in a car. Most people use motor bikes. I can't wait to show you the video footage of these people riding their motor bikes. Sometimes they put up to four people on them - it's nuts!