Day 6: Aid and Development

Wake up! Wake up! We woke up to a beautiful morning in Costa Rica. We had a more stay-at-home day planned today. But, don’t be fooled, we still did activities. After breakfast, we had some free time. Many of us either went outside and watched the rain, or played...

Day 5: Community Day in Aquiares!

Question of the day:“How can I make the most out of my day?” Quote of the day: The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but respect and joy in each other’s life. –Richard Bach. Today we took a deep dive into the daily lives of Costa Ricans (Ticos). We...

Day 4: Local and Big Business!

¡Hola Familias y Amigos! Today we had a very rainy morning, but eventful day learning about different businesses here in Costa Rica. First we took a long walk in the sparse rain to meet our friendly guide Memo near his casa. From there he took us to visit a popular...

Día 3: Visit to Cartago Town!

¡Pura Vida! —an expression Ticos (Costa Ricans) use and that we have learned can mean many things for an individual such as a hello, goodbye but overall a phrase that shows happiness, optimism and living life to the fullest! And that is exactly what we are doing...

Day 2: Welcome to Turrialba!

Today we had an awesome and fun day! We had the welcome home orientation seminar after breakfast where we shared some interesting ideas and clarified all the information necessary to get the best out of these couple of weeks. After, we had lunch and then we head over...