Blogs from Cartago, Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Last December and January we had the honor to share with all the communities where we work throughout Costa Rica. In total 4 big Christmas Parties for all of our kids and for the Retirement Home in Bambu. We also hosted a huge Summer Camp for 100 kids in the Puerto Viejo Beach Area for 4 days. This is the best time to visit Costa Rica, not only because is summer time here in this part of the world, but also because these events are the most amazing experience you can ever participate in your life. Just think about it, you're in a beautiful country, Costa Rica, traveling around with our Staff and other volunteers, taking adventurous tours and your main job as a volunteer is simply to bring joy to all the children and people ... read more

For almost five years now, Tropical Adventures has been providing help and support to all the communities with which the Foundation has been working. In this sense, we can consider our actions successful but, as you already know, we are too dependent on the context of external decisions (politics e.g.) to keep a budget steady. This is the drawback of being a non-profit, we can’t anticipate market fluctuations. Still, we keep thinking that our projects deserve to be and have a strong meaning. This sharing of knowledge and culture benefits you and us and that’s why we are asking you to help us out. This time of the year is very difficult, in the months coming, not many volunteers will travel to our projects so our income decreases. Nevertheless, people from the communities who are working ... read more

Living in Costa Rica these five years I have learned much about myself, other people and the similarities and differences in cultures. Recently there was a survey posted on CNN announcing Costa Rica as the happiest country in the world. This was based on general contentment, life expectancy and ecological footprint. While there are areas which could use improvement, I generally agree with this. In these years, I have seen people working hard at construction or standing on steep mountain sides picking coffee, all the while singing and sometimes in unison. I have attended a birthday party for a gentleman who is 101 years old and still going strong. People here are extremely polite and friendly. Where else does everyone who gets off the public bus, thank the driver as they descend the steps and the ... read more

Bonjour tout le monde voila maintenant deux jours que nous sommes dans le merveilleux pays du Costa Rica... cest genial Nous sommes arrives a San jose et un tico ultra sympa du nom de fernando nous a fait visite son taxi et de multiples hotels pour enfin poser le pied dans un hotel au dessus de nos moyens... evidemment, Bienvenue au Costa rica. La capitale, cest pas donne On se rencontre bien que cest plus cher quon pensait. Il va falloir serrer la ceinture surtout que Guillaume est vide de ses poches.... plus un sous )message pour la famille de Gui, il aurait besoin dun montant de mille dollars, virement peut etre possible...) mais pas dinquietudes, on ne sest pas fait vole. sa carte ne fonctionne plus. depuis hier soir, nous sommes a Orosi et cest ... read more

Hello everyone! I am at an internet cafe hoping to upload my blog diaries and some photos but my unpredictable computer did not save these and so they are not on my flash drive now. So, I will try again a little later. I really want to post a blog since there has been no time over the last three days with our latest bus travel and tours that we did of the Turrialba Volcano and the Guayabo Archeological Dig. Also, Tim and I are traveling to Parismina today and we do not know if we will have any internet there at all. We will be there until June 3 when we travel back to San Jose then onto Alajuela (near the airport) and catch planes on June 4. Stay tuned for another blog later today, ... read more