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Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Cartago » Cartago September 24th 2008

It seems to be one of the great laws of the universe that nothing goes as planned. This is not always a bad thing as I have learned in the past and was reminded of a couple weekends ago. The plan was this: Travis and I were going to meet up with a group of teachers from Saint Clare on Friday night to cook dinner and to present a slideshow of pictures from Travis’ trip to the top of Chirripo, Costa Rica’s highest peak at 12,530 ft. Summiting Chirripo is an event that many Costa Ricans spend months training for and then must enter a lottery to obtain permits. So Travis and I went to the market after school to pick up the groceries we were going to use to make the food. Everything was going ... read more

Corn Chips and Salsa Dancing

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Cartago » Cartago September 2nd 2008

Butterfly

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Well, it’s been just about two weeks since I arrived here in Costa Rica and everything is going great. I have been enjoying my time at Saint Clare very much. I spent most of my classroom time last week observing my two cooperating teachers, Alexandra and Rebecca. Both were originally biologists who found that they enjoyed teaching science just as much as they like doing research. They are both excellent teachers as well as great mentors. Today was my first day of teaching and it was somewhat on the fly. Alexandra wasn’t feeling well so she had me take over the class. It was so much fun. The students here often have a lot of energy, some might say too much, but if you can harness that energy the classroom just lights up. I had all ... read more

Costa Rica

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Cartago » Cartago August 21st 2008

My Room

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And so the trip begins. I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica on Tuesday, August 19th. The day started early with an alarm clock at 3:30am so that I could get everything ready for my 7:00 flight. The first flight to Charlotte, NC went really well as I slept for all but the last half hour of it. I then had to catch a flight from Charlotte to San Jose, but before we could board the plane we had to from a huge line to check passports. I thought I would be standing there forever when the lady at the podium called my name over the loud speaker. "Great, what did I do now." Apparently a woman and her children were placed in seperate seats so they asked if I would switch to another seat. Of ... read more

Brief history of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn...more history

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