Recent posts from: Turrialba 6-23-2022


Day 7: CAP Day 1


¡Buenas! I’m Jacob and today was my day to be the leader of the day. More importantly, it was Jarely’s birthday today!!!!! ¡Feliz cumpleaños J.J.! We’re in the process of celebrating as I write this. So, congratulations to her for turning 18. Today...

Day 6 Exploring Conservation


Hello friends! Today, Lilly and I, Isherlina, had the opportunity to be leaders of the day! This was a really exciting experience for both of us. Today’s main topic was, as our title reads, exploring conservation. We were able to further immerse ourselves in...

Day 5 Community Day


Hello guys, Today we woke up at 7 am and had breakfast at 7:30am. After breakfast, we got ready to go to see the families we were spending the day with. My group included Taylor, Jacob, Ruby, and Jarely. We got to get to know the family and play games with them....

Day 4: Global and Local Business Day!


¡Hola Amigos! My name is Levi, and I am a rising senior at Northampton High School. Today I was the LDD (Lider del dia AKA leader of the day). It was such a great day! We started by waking up and having an amazing breakfast of Gallo Pinto made by our great chefs, Rosa...

Day 3 Cartago Town!


Today we started the day with a wonderful breakfast of french toast, eggs, ham, and fresh fruit. We left on the bus immediately after breakfast for Cartago, the first capital of Costa Rica. The bus ride was full of youthful energy and songs are sung by the students at...

Day 2: Welcome to Turrialba


Today we had our orientation seminar in the morning. It lasted a couple of hours but we managed to make it fun and engaging and we all had a great time! After the seminar, some of us jumped in the pool, and others went on a little tour of the very small town of...

¡Llegaron!


After a VERY long day, we’re all finally here at our home base in Aquiares, Turrialba! 🙂 The group landed at around 11:30 am at Juan Santamaría Airport, we quickly put all their luggage on the bus and made our way to lunch. Some of them had some delicious...