It was early in the morning. Liliya and I had been sleeping in the student dormitory which was connected to the cafeteria, until we moved into our new house. Typically, due to the sun rising and the birds chirping I’m awake right around 6:00 A.M, though sometimes when groups are arriving and departing at late and early hours I’m up even earlier. Stepping outside the door at quarter to seven, and I was greeted by one our Water and Wave Semester students. [url=http://www.crrobs.org/courses/water/overview/index [View Full Entry]

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The sun comes up pretty early in the tropics, and the birds in the trees let you know that a new day has begun. It can be extremely difficult to stay in bed with the sun creeping through your curtains and the chirping of exotic birds beckoning you to wake. So every morning I arrive in the office around 7:30. Given that I don’t have any drive to work(I walk up a very steep hill), I have no qualms about starting my day early. I mean, I work in a cloud rainforest. It’s kind of hard to complain about that. Sometimes [View Full Entry]

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On November 13th of 2007, my wife Liliya and I began our first trip to Costa Rica. It is perhaps a misnomer when I define my activities in Costa Rica as a trip. It is in fact a job. I have been hired as the new Marketing and Communications Director for Costa Rica Rain Forrest Outward Bound/] (CRROBS). Our trip began early in the morning. Flying out of Minneapolis, MN we had stops in Chicago and Dallas before we made it to San Jose International Airport in Costa Rica (SJO by the airport code). Getting through the airport was easy enough. [View Full Entry]

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