Please review their hours before going, great tour!
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute的点评
点评:A delightful and informative afternoon! I wish I wrote down the name of our guide because she was amazing. Note their hours!! You need to arrive on time for their tours and they are not every day. Please consult the website. Also, they had us sign in (it is a government site) and tell them our passport numbers so have those handy! (not your passports, but the numbers).
With that said, my daughter is a scientist (chemistry major at Chapel Hill in the states) and if there is a Smithsonian research center anywhere nearby, we really try to go. We even boated to some that were very far away in other countries, as it is so helpful to see real scientists in real settings doing real work to inspire future generations.
Science is not always glamorous, but it is so rewarding and important for the future of our planet! We saw several experiments in process, learned about other ongoing historical work (lots of artifacts to still unpack!) learned the history of this particular site, saw the housing buildings, discussed process and safety and diving and collaboration and so much more. We boated there (we rented our own boat) and after a brief bit of confusion (gosh, I need to learn to speak better Spanish) we were walked to the front to sign in (see above) and then the tour began.
Post-tour they let us walk to the nearby store and then come back to our boat; it is difficult for us to get groceries since we are so far out from any stores (staying at a remote overwater bungalow).
Thank you again to our tour guide (sorry I forgot your name!) Your tour was inspiring!
翻译:一个愉快而信息丰富的下午!我希望我写下了我们导游的名字,因为她很棒。注意他们的营业时间!!您需要准时参加他们的旅行,但他们不是每天都准时到达。请咨询网站。另外,他们让我们登录(这是一个政府网站)并告诉他们我们的护照号码,以便方便使用! (不是您的护照,而是号码)。
话虽如此,我的女儿是一名科学家(在美国教堂山主修化学),如果附近有史密森尼研究中心,我们真的会尝试去。我们甚至乘船前往其他国家的一些非常遥远的地方,因为看到真正的科学家在真实的环境中做真正的工作以激励后代是非常有帮助的。
科学并不总是迷人的,但它对我们星球的未来是如此有益和重要!我们看到了正在进行的几个实验,了解了其他正在进行的历史工作(还有很多文物需要拆包!)了解了这个特定地点的历史,参观了住房建筑,讨论了过程和安全以及潜水和协作等等。我们划船去那里(我们租了自己的船),经过短暂的混乱(天哪,我需要学说更好的西班牙语),我们被走到前面签到(见上文),然后旅行开始了。
游览结束后,他们让我们步行到附近的商店,然后回到我们的船上;我们很难买到杂货,因为我们离任何商店都很远(住在偏远的水上平房)。
再次感谢我们的导游(抱歉我忘记了你的名字!)你的旅行非常鼓舞人心!