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 […]
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 […]
This week two of our courses, Leadership and Tri-Country, are in Panama getting SCUBA certified by our very own Executive Director, Jim Rowe, PhD. So what does it take to get SCUBA certified, you might ask (especially if you’re a parent, wondering what your child must go through in order to get such a gold […]
Off to Panama! Two of our current courses are in Panama together this week, becoming SCUBA professionals. Leadership left this morning after an educational weekend at a pool getting their Lifeguard certification from the Asociación Costarricense de Guardavidas (Costa Rican Life Saving Association). Leadership has one more month to go! Well done, estudiantes. Tri-Country left […]
Happy May Day! While most Costa Ricans are resting today, our students are working hard out in the wilderness. Here’s the scoop: Tri-Country students will leave tomorrow to hike Volcan Turrialba (an area known for its incredible tico cheese) which is about two hours outside of San Jose in the Cartago province. Leadership students are […]
Tri-Country left its 72 hour solo Monday morning and began the final phase of its coast-to-coast hike. They then ran the Rio Pacuare from La Cruz to just before Siquirres and camped by the river last night. This morning they rafted to the Siquirres bridge where they switched out the rafts for inflatable kayaks (IKs). […]
Tri-Country starts its solo this afternoon. It takes place on a little mountain above the Pacuare River in La Cruz. They come out of the solo the morning of April 27th and run the Pacuare River. Leadership is on the Pacuare River today and tomorrow as they end Part One of their raft guide course. […]
Many of us did a “homestay” at a “Mestizo” village. But most of us did not know what that meant until we got there. Now we understand that a “homestay” is staying with a local family to better learn the local lifestyle. And “Mestizo” is a term for a culture of people in Latin America […]