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Costa Rica Update: Rafting the Pacuare
We all arrived in San Jose on Saturday night. We spent the night at Hotel Brilla Sol, where we all quickly got to know each other and soon went to bed after a long day of travel. The next morning, we all got up super early to get on our bus to go whitewater rafting… Read More
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Welcome to Costa Rica 2018
Buenos Dias everyone! We’re so excited to meet you! Soon, rather than on this bridge, we will be standing under waterfalls or racing rapids with you in beautiful Costa Rica. It has been a busy few days preparing for our trip, but we are thrilled to be soon exploring this amazingly diverse country with you!… Read More
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Costa Rica Program Final Thoughts
Welcome to a blog written by your fellow sustainable summer students. We’ve taken some time to reflect on our transformative experiences at Mastatal and would like to share our thoughts with the internet. On behalf of the tribe, I’d like to recognize the knowledge we all absorbed during our stay and the connections we built…. Read More
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Chilamate to Paraíso Quetzal
Hola Amigos y Familia, Wow, a lot has happened since our last update! These days have been jam-packed. Let’s see: the last blog left us soaking up some powerful experiences while in the Caribbean-side rainforest of Chilamate. After a beautiful morning rafting we headed to a cooking class at our friends’ Mia and Sergio’s place… Read More
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Chilamate
Hello from the heart of the Chilamate rainforest! We have spent the last few days at a beautiful eco-retreat and rainforest preserve here and just got back from rafting the Sarapiqui river. We have explored the forest by day (and by night!) and have come across hundreds of tree frogs (the poisonous “blue jeans” variety… Read More
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First Post from Costa Rica Summer 2017
Greetings from La Fortuna, at the base of Arenal, Costa Rica’s most active volcano!! The squad is out and about on a “Talk to a Tico” scavenger hunt, asking locals about their culture and practicing their Spanish, while their fearless leaders hide in the shade drinking strawberry smoothies and blogging 😉 Our two orientation days… Read More
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Electric Vehicle Charging Station in Costa Rica
Hey folks, I’m feeling super nostalgic as I walk through Alajuela today getting some logistics and last minute errands completed. It’s an eerily similar morning to my first day in country exactly 11 years ago, when I first worked in Costa Rica. Both mornings were spent finding the right SIM cards for our local cellphones…. Read More
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Welcome to Costa Rica 2017
Hey homies! Skyeler and Haley here, raiding [Sustainable Summer Director] Jeff’s fridge as we write our first blog post! We have been loving this week with our SS friends and colleagues, reconnecting and getting psyched to lead these trips! We’ve read some truly inspiring updates from some our alumni students, which has been a powerful… Read More
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Pura Vida and Permaculture
This article by Ben Laufer is courtesy of the Fall 2016 issue of the Taft Global Journal
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