I am off for 6 whole months to the beautiful, diverse (and hopefully sunny) Costa Rica for my gap year before going to university to do conservation work and teaching children English. I will be staying all over Costa Rica during my time there and will be doing all sorts of different things. For one month I will be up in the mountains working on an eco-friendly organic farm, for another I will be working in a big cat reserve getting up close with amazing animals such as pumas and for another I will be helping with conservation of a cloud rainforest. Although being away from family and friends ... full info