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 […]
With all the activities and locations, it can be hard for families & friends to keep track of students in the field. All our current courses will transition phases soon, so we expect them all on base (in San Ramon de Tres Rios) this week. We’ll do our best to get photos- read below to […]
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 […]
“Que tuanis, mae.” Meaning “How cool, man,” this was Orlando’s way of describing the Cantebury School students he had the pleasure of instructing last week. Diego, their other Tico instructor, agreed. They talked about how listos (literally meaning “ready” but translates to “intelligent”) the students were, who talked only in Spanish by the end of […]
An obsession, or a passion worth sharing? Canterbury School‘s Spanish teacher would argue the latter. For six years, Sheena Neece has returned to Costa Rica with a different – and larger – group of her Spanish students. This year, she and fellow chaperone Ryan Butcher brought 15 eager and excited students: Adrian Alea, Courtney Bagans, […]
This does not refer to this month’s winter Olympians in Vancouver, but rather, it does refer to some other Canadians. They are the students of Trinity College School of Ontario, and they are about to complete their final stage of the Duke of Edinburgh Program for receiving the Gold Award here in Costa Rica with […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Last weekend Calvin College’s patrols flip-flopped courses; by now their experiences have made them two strong forces. Patrol 1 is rafting and kayaking on the River Phase, Patrol 2 is making their way through the rainforest maze. Patrol 2 has learned to hike up steep hills, while Patrol 1 has had some fun kayak spills. […]
What has Calvin College’s Patrol 1 been busy doing? (View their photos on our Facebook Page: Part I, Part II) The same activities as Ticos, of course. From harvesting sugar cane and making candy to jumping in the river and playing games, Patrol 1 has done it all. Up until yesterday when they ended the […]
Calvin College, 12Río General, 0 Twelve of Calvin College’s students (Patrol 2) conquered 40 km of Costa Rica’s challenging 60-kilometer Río General (see below) in a 3-day River Phase extravaganza. Ryan, Kevin, Brian, Kelsey, Lauren, Katy, Rachel, Ted, Kyle, Trent, Alex, and Andrew accompanied three of Costa Rica’s best (at least, by word of mouth) […]
“Service is an active expression of valuing our common humanity, our diversity, and the natural world.”This statement comes straight from the Outward Bound Costa Rica website under the Mission and Philosophy page. It is one of our goals to enrich the students not only through the challenges they face in and around the rainforest, but […]
November 2, 2009 This week we sent our Water & Wave and Tri-Country students out to Rio Pejibaye to get a taste for what it takes to be a river guide. They will have two days of training in WRT, Whitewater Rescue Technician, while our Leadership students receive the full certification. What does it take […]
Long live the turtle! ‘Tis the season to be nesting. Every year from August to October, two of Costa Rica’s three sea turtle species lay most of their eggs on the coastlines: the Green Turtles in Tortugero National Park (Caribbean coast) and Olive Ridley Turtle in Guanacaste (Pacific coast). There are seven species of sea […]
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 […]