What do they do with all of those skills? This “Leadership Series” hopes to answer this question for seven Leadership alumni, one each week until the next Leadership Semester course begins on April 2nd. Click to read about: Leadership Alumnus #1, Sean Marr Leadership Alumnae #2, Amy Nicolson Leadership Alumna #3: Heidi RuckriegleLeadership Course: 2009, […]
What do they do with all of those skills? This “Leadership Series” hopes to answer this question for seven Leadership alumni, one each week until the next Leadership Semester course begins on April 2nd. (Click to read about Leadership Alumnus #1, Sean Marr) Leadership Alumna #2: Amy NicolsonLeadership Course: 2008, Fall Semester Hometown: Upland, CA […]
What do they do with all of those skills? This “Leadership Series” hopes to answer this question for seven Leadership alumni, one each week until the next Leadership Semester course begins on April 2nd. Outward Bound Costa Rica‘s Leadership Semester is the one course meant to prepare students in such a way that they can […]
When Canterbury School – of Fort Myers, FL – signed up to come to Costa Rica (for the sixth time!) to improve their Spanish, they got what they asked for. There’s not one gringo leading their course this week; and the Ticos that are leading it might just be stubborn enough not to use their […]
When Trinity College students arrived in Costa Rica yesterday, they did not know what to expect. And it is very unlikely that those expectations did not include an environmentally-obsessed kayaker and a tough but beautiful Tica. Regardless, Mau and Joe are their instructors for the next seven days in the rainforest, on the rivers, and […]
Eighty-five days is a LONG time. It’s a good thing the Tri-Country spring semester students have great instructors to keep them company. Santiago Lopez Salazar and Heidi Ruckriegle have been leading their semester students for over twenty days now. Santiago, a Costa Rican native, and Heidi, from Colorado, have plenty of outdoor experience and energy […]
With 23 Calvin College students invading Costa Rica, we had to send a lot of our best instructors out on course to handle the load. We also had to split the group into two Patrols. Meet their instructors: Danny Jiménez, Lead Instructor, Patrol 1 Hometown: San Isidro, Costa Rica About: Danny loves cars. In fact, […]
Our five newest students got an extra special taste of Costa Rican culture on Christmas Day when Doña Carmen – one of our cooks and all-around Base Angels – invited everyone into her home for a holiday meal. Shortly after getting to our base and completing their “Duffle Shuffle,” the participants in our Adult Reconnect […]
It’s a bird. It’s a raft. It’s Tejas. This is no ordinary vida lata (literally meaning “life out of a can”, or “mut” as we say in English). Tejas has been an adventure enthusiast since the day our new Program Director, Laura Statesir, adopted her four and a half years ago as a scruffy homeless […]
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 […]
4 Days and Counting… Those Water & Wave Semester students are about to board those flights, head to Costa Rica, and spend 70 days with complete strangers; this list of unknowns includes their trusted instructors. Who are they? Alex Cook, Water & Wave Instructor Hometown: Mount Pleasant, SC Certifications: WFR, CPR for the Professional Rescuer, […]
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 […]
Dear CRROBS Community, I’m an alumnus of the Tri-Country Semester program, Spring of ’02. I was 17 when I left high school a semester early to go to Costa Rica- I remember taking my English final on the plane to Miami and mailing it in San Jose- and I had never been camping before. Heck, […]
Did you just send your 16-18-year old Girl Scout down to Costa Rica? Not to worry: they’re in good hands. Donna White, our tough southern land instructor, and Amy Nicolson, a CRROBS surf instructor and recent Leadership alumna, were really excited about leading the Service Challenge students this August. Currently these fearless women have already […]
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 […]