There are so many small towns through which our hikers trek when going coast to coast. It’s hard to locate them online due to the vast areas of rainforests, yet we found a way to map out the first few days of Tri-Country’s 85-day hike! We’ll try to continue the mapping as they continue, so […]
“Annie! Annie! Are you okay?” Most of us who have ever been in a CPR course are familiar with this emergency questioning. It’s what we say to our appendage-free dummy, nicknamed Annie, when her rubbery plastic face does not respond to our shaking and talking. And when she doesn’t respond to the questioning mentioned above […]
Our Surf-Intensive course students were lucky to arrive last Saturday, the same day the “Olympics of Surfing” came to Jacó, Costa Rica for a championship tournament. Costa Rica is host to The Billabong ISA World Surfing Games from August 1-8, 2009. The event will take place on Playa Hermosa, with 40 nations and 280 surfers […]
Yesterday was the longest these 13-14-year-olds had ever spent cooking, preparing, and waiting for dinner. That’s what happens when your meal of choice is the Costa Rican tamale. We didn’t know what time it was (because Outward Bound’s policy is that no student wear a watch), but most of the day was devoted to tamale […]
18 Julio, 2009 Unfortunately, we said “adios” to over 60 students (15-Day Multi Element, Catching Waves #2, Rainforest River & Reef #1, 15-Day Reef & Rainforest, and 15-Day Surf Intensive) last week. Hopefully they’ll remember the time they had here and what they learned. The Facebook Fan Page has albums and videos of their courses. […]
To keep you in tune with all things “Costa Rica” (if you are experiencing this place through your child, brother, sister or friend); it’s important to teach you this word: mae (pronounced “my”) n.: coloquial term for a friend, such as the American “brother”, “man”, or “dude”. Example: “Que pasa, mae?” means “What’s happenin, man?” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]