Costa Rica


El Blogo de Numero Tres!

03.10.2011

Buenas everyone! We are continuing on our Costa Rican adventure and are currently at EARTH University. Since we were not able to blog the past couple days, here are some of the awesome moments we have experienced, from working with butterfly researchers in the rainforest to our visit to a local school near Tirimbina. Pura



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Team Costa Rica Takes Over the Rainforest

03.06.2011

Here are some team members’ most memorable moments from today: Summer: trekking through the rainforest ALL morning and coming across all kinds of insects, wildlife, and plants!  Oh, not to mention the delicious breakfast and lunch (and REAL chocolate) wehad! Not so awesome=we totally locked a bug in our room this morning because we couldn’t



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Not Your Typical “Dora the Explorer” Episode

03.06.2011

Megan: Costa Rica, day one! Today has been filled with some amazing, crazy, and interesting adventures to say the least. We finally have some down time and I’m pretty sure everyone is as exhausted as they are still excited. One of the craziest parts of the day, at least for me, was crossing this insane



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Goals, Expectations, and Pre-trip Thoughts

03.03.2011

At our final meeting this past Monday, we asked the team to reflect on what goals/expectations they have for the trip. Here are some of their responses! Summer: I can’t even begin to explain how excited I am about the trip!  I’ve been thinking about some goals I have for myself for the trip.  The



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Pura Vida!

03.02.2011

As our group prepares for the first ever trip to Costa Rica, it is only appropriate to use a coloquial term from our destination. Pura Vida literally translates to “Pure Life” and this is exactly the reason that Costa Rica was chosen as the location for an ASB experience focused on sustainability. Costa Rica is both rich in natural



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