“I love the feeling of soaring through the air.” -2010 studentFor some, it’s exhilarating. For others, it’s their worst fear. Both of these types of people would agree: it’s the best way to see the upper canopies of the rainforest. It’s zip-lining. Regardless of how you feel ascending that mountain, gear in hand, awaiting your […]
An Adventure Ballad The semester students are on course down here for many days,and for this, the courses are arranged from phase to phase. The Panama Phase began for Outward Bound U.S.A.,filled with a variety of activities in the Bocas’ bay: Scuba certification, free dives, and bike riding;sea kayaking, snorkeling, and learning about guiding. Instructors […]
What haven’t our current students been doing around Central America in the past 24 hours? Only four courses are out right now, yet they’ve managed to stay busy in almost every activity just within a small period of time. The Tri-Country Semester, Water & Wave Semester, OB USA, and SUNY New Paltz have covered a […]
Outward Bound USA students are exhausted, and with good reasons. The rivers have been quite the strong competitors lately.After they finished their 8-day WFR course last week, they were finally set free into the rainforest to test their river skills. Their first stop was the beautiful Río Pejibaye where they practiced their Whitewater Rescue Tech […]
How many of us can say that we went from one ocean to another without the use of transportation? Not many, but our Tri-Country students can. It took 28 days, about 200 kilometers, twenty days of hiking, 14 nights camping, a 72-hour solo, meeting and helping 14 homestay families, a rest in hot springs, a […]
so-lo [soh-loh] –noun 1. a person who works, acts, or performs alone 2. a person who performs or accomplishes something without the usual equipment, tools, etc. –adjective 1. alone; without a companion or partner –adverb 1. on one’s own; alone or unaccompanied –en Español 1. alone; lonely How would you handle being alone in the […]
“It’s a lot harder than I thought it would be.” This is one of the most typical comments of feedback we hear from students after their first few days learning how to surf. And after Calvin College students head to Manuel Antonio to learn this weekend, they will most likely be in agreement. Physical challenges […]
October 23, 2009 Our three fall semester courses, Tri-Country, Water & Wave, and Leadership, are all daring Costa Rica’s world-renowned clean waterways this week. Rivers, estuaries, surf breaks, oceans, waterfalls… they’re experiencing it all! Water & Wave and Tri-Country students have combined courses this week on the Pacific coast. The first day of their “combo […]
Homestays are a big part of our programs down here at CRROBS. We have great relationships with the families, and the students love their interactions with these Ticos. One of our families, Parra Mora, is welcoming our Colegio Europeo students today in a place called Ranchos Tinamú. (description below is translated from the Authentic Tourism […]
We know ’em. We love ’em. We learn from ’em. We laugh with ’em. They are the Lopez’s. Almost every CRROBS student that hikes through parts of Costa Rica’s jungle has been lucky enough to pass through the homestay (what is a homestay?) of this 20-person immediate family’s village in Piedras Blancas (just north of […]
Learning Spanish while zip-lining? Rafting? Surfing? Hiking? Rappelling? Kayaking? Spanish is getting to be a little more fun to learn. Outward Bound Costa Rica created a 30-day Spanish Emphasis course after more and more Spanish high school and college classes (and individual Spanish students) signed up for CRROBS courses to be immersed in […]
From Playa Avellanas with Girl Scouts Catching Waves to La Suiza with the Spanish Emphasis and Summer Semester groups; CRROBS has adventurous students surfing, rafting, tree climbing and camping all over Costa Rica. On the Pacific Coast, where the surf is getting good, we have five groups learning to surf: 1-2) 15-Day Surf Intensive and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]