Recent posts from: Turrialba 6-6-2022


Day 12: CAP DAY #3


¡Trabajando duro (working hard)! Our final CAP day has come to an end. After endless ant bites and seeing beautiful insects, we have made huge progress for the kids. They will soon get to have a soda (mini store), changing rooms, and a bathroom. Starting the day off...

Day 11: CAP Day #2


Hello family and friends! Today was our second CAP Day, meaning we continued our work at the Aquiares School in the field near the gym. We had breakfast (fried eggs, gallo pinto, bread, and fruit) at the lodge and then walked over to the school to meet the maestro and...

Day 10: CAP DAY #1


!Pura vida! Today was another fun day full of adventures and hard work. We got up early this morning at 7:00 AM and had breakfast, which was sausage, eggs, french toast, and lots of pineapple and papaya. After filling up our stomachs, we headed down to the local...

Day 9: Exploring Conservation


Hello readers! Today’s focus was “exploring conservation”, which was centered around Costa Rica’s conservation efforts as one of the leading countries in the world in environmental justice. We started our day off by heading to a small school in...

Day 8: Environmental Justice


Hello! My name is not easy to pronounce on the first try so you may call me Sawi, in a cute way of saying sorry. I am writing this post with a Costa Rican MacBook so bear with me. I have not read the previous blog posts yet so I do not know if they have mentioned it...

Day 7: Fun Day


Our Fun Day….was definitely FUN! We slept in an extra hour which was great. Once we woke up, we ate a very delicious breakfast with fresh fruit juice and a delicious cup of hot coffee from a local coffee plantation. We then gathered our necessities to go on a...

Day 6: Aid and Development


Today was Aid and Development day. We started the day a little later, waking up at 7:30. Our breakfast was delicious as usual with french toast, eggs, and fresh fruit. Our first activity was a discussion led by Sonia and Memo where they introduced us to the topic of...