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Summer 2015 Costa Rica Photos

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Here are some more photos from our Costa Rica program. To download or add your own, go to the group page on Flickr. [flickr_group id=”2906275@N23″]

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Costa Rica 21-Day Photos

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Here are photos from our Costa Rica 21-Day program. To download or add your own, go to the group page on Flickr. [flickr_group id=”2862976@N23″]

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Costa Rica Student Essay

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About halfway through our Costa Rica trip, the group I traveled with visited the cloud forest to see a rare but beautiful bird called the quetzal. The “quetzal” is a tropical bird that lives in cloud forests in Central America. The quetzal is threatened for extinction because in many countries, like Guatemala, quetzals are hunted… Read More

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Costa Rican Transformation

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Before leaving for Costa Rica my friends and I were talking, they joked that I wouldn’t be able to survive. I’m a picky eater who is used to city life. I’ve lived in New York my entire life and go to a boarding school right outside of Boston, Massachusetts. The only “jungles” I had ever… Read More

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Costa Rica Student Essay

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I have never been on a trip like Sustainable Summer: going to another country by myself and learning all about sustainability while hiking and seeing the rainforest. I can honestly say it was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had in my life. I went on the 21 day Costa Rica trip… Read More

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Costa Rica Student Essay

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Some time between 4 and 5 in the morning I am awoken by a loud bang. Toucans couldn’t be to blame. While I chopped fire wood later that morning I learned that the sound that I heard was a large fruit or gored that had landed on the steel roof of the shack in which… Read More

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Costa Rica Student Essay

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At the Chilamate Rainforest Ecological Retreat, Howler monkeys awoke us each morning with the sound of their cries, Blue-Jean frogs playfully leapt off the trunks of trees with names far outside my vernacular, sunlight sparkled on the rapids of the nearby Sarapiqi River, and constant rainstorms gave new life to the air. It was a… Read More

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Costa Rica Student Photo Essay

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Here is a Tumblr photoessay from Jess Kian about our 9-day Bridge to the Future in Costa Rica. The most recent post is at the top, so start at the bottom to read sequentially: http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126793350972/after-rafting-we-headed-to-the-beach-for-our-last http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126791480452/after-saying-goodbye-to-timo-and-the-crew-at http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126789928962/nights-at-the-rancho-were-always-a-blast-we http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126789392242/horseback-riding-was-incredible-we-went-through http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126788917397/meals-at-the-rancho-was-one-of-my-favorite-parts http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126785509457/on-the-fifth-day-we-went-to-one-of-the-few-local http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126784272452/on-the-fourth-day-we-went-on-a-hike-into-the http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126778573637/here-is-our-beautiful-classroom-we-came-here-for http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126774877977/here-we-are-soap-making-the-first-of-our http://sustainablesummercostarica.tumblr.com/post/126773393847/after-waking-up-to-a-delicious-gallo-pinto-and

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Good Times in Mastatal Costa Rica

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We have been learning tons and keeping very busy at Rancho Mastatal in Costa Rica! In our few days here we have already: participated in morning routines gone on a horseback ride visited a cacao producing farm and followed the production of chocolate truffles from fruit to samples we got to try learned the principles… Read More

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Welcome to El Rancho

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Costa Rica Bridge to the Future Session II is off and running! Upon our arrival at Rancho Mastatal yesterday we got acquainted with our beautiful, open air classroom space and bunkhouse. After going over some orientation stuff and playing some games we managed to squeeze in a hike to a nearby waterfall where we cooled off, swam… Read More

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