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 at the beach.

We introduce to you:

Mauren Granados

Hometown: Piedras Blancas, Costa Rica
About: Mauren is one of our toughest female instructors. She is known as “Mau” by her friends, and she got married last year to another adventure guide.
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Joe Ewing

Hometown: Castle Rock, CO
About: One of Joe’s first orders of business after becoming Outward Bound Costa Rica’s Whitewater Coordinator was heading home to Colorado to see his family and buy a banjo. Among Joe’s other unique interests and characteristics are his passion for the environment (which he studied in Equatorial Guinea, Africa for a semester in college), his endless supply of energy, and his diverse family (including his father who specializes in water purification).
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