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Another Cold Mountain

Another day in Cyprus, another cold mountain to look at. We spent several hours today looking at rocks and mapping outcrops. Wasn’t too exciting but it was an interesting day. Probably the most interesting aspect was that we travelled along a fault most of the time. This allowed us to see the change in rock [...]
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In Cyprus for a couple of weeks

Just updating my blog with a quick bit of info. Been in Cyprus for 4 days now and so far it’s ok. A couple of rainy days on the island, a few cold days up on Mt Olympus, but I think the rest of the trip will be spent on low elevations. This means it [...]
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Back from Spain

I finally get to update my blog. Well the trip to Spain was a long one and a lot of hard work everyday. Looking back on it, things could have been planned out a little better, but overall it wasn’t too bad. The heat was was fairly bad. The first week of the trip was [...]
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Second Week in Spain

Ok so this is my second week in Spain 0ut in the desert of Tabernas. So far it’s been predictably getting hotter and hotter every day. There have been a few days that were cooler than expected. It seems that a few rains passed through and provided some cloud cover. Additionally some cool winds lowered [...]
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End of 1st Wk in Spain

So the first week has finall come to an end. Now only 3 more weeks to go before I’m done with my mapping project here. The area is quite hot and everyday it’s been getting hotter and hotter. Initially when I first started I went through only about 500 mL of water, by the end [...]
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