CRROBS just concluded our busiest week of the year since 2009 began. Not only did we have four groups flying in, two groups flying out, and two groups on course; but this was the same week the City of San Jose decided to tear up our little dirt road leading up to our base in […]
July 1, 2009 Our Marketing Coordinator, Debbie Mayer, just got to spend a week with the Girl Scout Catching Waves Course in Playa Avellanas on the Nicoya Peninsula. The girls are all having a great time camping on the beach and learning to surf. In addition to surfing they are also making jewelry; learning how […]
June 29, 2009 The Girl Scouts Service Challenge course finally gets a chance to relax. The arrived in Manuel Antonio today – a beautiful beach on the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It is here where they will be learning to surf, learning some yoga moves, and enjoying a beautiful pool in the middle […]
Check out what your friends and family are doing! The Girl Scouts Catching Waves had their first full day in Playa Avellanas today learning to surf. They reported great weather, and their instructor, Dunia, said they are all doing well standing up on their boards! 15-day Multi Element and Reef & Rainforest ran the Pacuare […]
Costa Rica Rainforest Outward Bound School would like to officially welcome our four new instructors, all hand-selected from the Spring 2009 Leadership Semester course! Right now they are all working diligently with students on course: Zach Allen Age: 18 Hometown: Portsmouth, RI Current Course: 15-Day Multi Element Fact: Zach has an incredibly thick Rhode Island […]
It is high season here at CRROBS and our students are all over the country experiencing the best of what Costa Rica has to offer. Where are they? Girl Scouts Service Challenge is hiking in Naranjo Abajo, by the Naranjo river in the San Jose highlands. Summer Semester and Spanish Emphasis are starting their cross […]
Pay attention, because we have siete courses coming, going, or on their way… Multi Element and Reef & Rainforest are down at our Manuel Antonio beach base on the southern Pacific coast learning to surf. In between catching waves, they’ll get some pics of sloths, monkeys, iguanas, and ctenosaurs due to the nearby, well-preserved National […]
If you don’t know what these are, ask a Girl Scout. They’re at the climbing wall today learning terms such as these, before helping other Costa Rican Girl Scouts this weekend. After today’s long training session, they would tell you: grigri (n.) – A belay device designed to be easy to use and safer for […]
There has been an invasion of epic proportions (or at least drama-filled proportions) reported in Costa Rica. A troupe of famous personalities arrived in Costa Rica two weeks ago and was transported to the dense jungle in Sarapiqui for Hollywood’s latest reality show, “I’m a Celebrity, Get me Out of Here!” The contestants include a […]
Tree Day, June 15th Today, on June 15th, the world celebrates Tree Day. On this day, everyone is encouraged to plant a tree to help the environment. It may not be a heavily-publicized day in many parts of the world, but Costa Rica places a lot of value in this day, as they do for […]
June 11, 2009 Base is getting busy! Today, unfortunately, we say good-bye to our 24-Day Multi-Element course. They will head into San Jose city proper today to see some sites and do some souvenir shopping. Tonight they have their final dinner together before flying home tomorrow. One students said of the experience: “I learned that […]
Meet Scott Brown. Age: 22 Height: 5’10” Eye Color: hazel Alma Mater: Brevard College Major: Wilderness Leadership & Experiential Education Hometown: Charlotte, NC Scott came to us on Tuesday, May 19th, and has had quite an experience since he got here. We helped acquaint him with the staff here in the office, where he remained […]
June 8, 2009 News flash: Costa Rica has oil, but it has banned drilling. About two months ago, a New York Times author, Thomas Friedman, came down to Costa Rica for an eco-tour, and he brought back with him better understanding of how to operate a country’s environmental systems. One of these guidelines includes: no […]
June 5th: World Environment Day (WED) Today is an important day for Costa Rica. Because of its world-renowned biodiversity and abundance of natural resources, any special days or events related to the environment get a lot of attention here in la selva. And since WED is one of the principal vehicles through which the United […]
May 26th, 2009 Tri-Country boarded their planes and are currently enjoying a view of the Caribbean or Mexico from up above. Their feelings are mixed. While they are happy to see family and friends again (and to eat some food outside of rice, beans and chicken), they know they are going to miss the rainforest […]