A Good 1986 Journal San José to La Cantanana camp, Zona Protectora La Selva 2 April Left San José (OTS Office) at 8:00 AM + drove (by bus) toward Puerto Viejo. Group members Gary Hertstrom (group leader and tree ecologist), Craig Cuyer, Chris d'Angiès, Federico Bulaños + me (herp party), Kathy Pingle + Frank Tresba (stream ecology), Clive Jenny + Trevor Waller (fern specialists) and Greg Démignian (doctor + photographer). We turned off the Puerto Viejo rd. just S of La Vinyer and drove E to the Río Leja, where we had to start walking (the bridge had fallen down sometime before). We started hiking with backpacks at about 1200 and walked ca 8 km through pastures (mostly) and reached the La Cantanana camp on the Río Cantanana ca 3/5, after stopping briefly at the Zona Protectora guard station about ½ way in. Weather in the zone was overcast with intermittent sun for most of the walk in, but it started to rain just as we reached the camp. It then rained on + off for the rest of the day and most of the night. Temperatures in the mid 20's during the day. The camp is well supplied with equipment (machetes, beavers, a gasoline generator, cables and lots of food). It is great being here but I can't say it was much fun hiking in with a full backpack - unfortunately, by all accounts, the next leg - to 700 m- is infinitely worse. Oh well, such is life.... After arriving at La Cantanana, we ate lunch and spent the rest of the afternoon wandering around looking the environs over. The camp sits in a valley (of the Río Cantanana)