As I am sitting in the airport and reflecting on my trip, I can’t help but be sad. Looking back at the past two weeks I realized how much fun I had and how much I learned. Before arriving here, I viewed sustainability as a corporate buzzword. Watching Costa Rican entrepreneurs treat the rainforest not…
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A Walk Through the Cloud Forest!
Today we visited the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. We got to walk around the forest and see animals and plants. We saw birds, a monkey, and lots of plants. The monkey was swinging in the trees above us and it was really cool. After that we were able to get lunch on our own in…
Night Hike with Lots of Bugs!!
Today we left La Fortuna and bussed to Monteverde. It was a very long bus ride and the first half I didn’t have my phone because it was dead and had water in it so I couldn’t charge it. It made the bus trip feel even longer. We stopped at windmills on the top of…
Pool Time Today!
Today we visited a local La Fortuna tourism company. We got to learn about how they differentiate themselves from competitors. They ran through the basic ideas of what running an ecotourism company in Costa Rica looks like. I got some free time in the afternoon and went to the pool and worked on my group…
Hanging Bridges!!
Today we visited a rain forest with hanging bridges and we kayaked on Lake Arenal. The hanging bridges were a lot scarier than I thought they would be. Kayaking was a lot of fun but very tiring. The rain didn’t affect my activities too much today. Through our trip of the rainforest it did a…
Waterfall & Hotsprings!
Today, we sadly had to leave our host families. I feel like our first week went so quickly. After departing from Heredia, we went to a Pineapple Tour (the best in the world). The pineapple tasted so good. After that we went to the La Fortuna waterfall and it was probably the coolest thing I…
Delicious Chocolate & Wonderful Pizza!
Today, we visited Sibo’s chocolate and Riverside Pizzeria. I had an amazing time listening to the history of chocolate and getting to walk through the garden at Riverside to see where all their ingredients are grown. My favorite chocolate was the dark chocolate square that we tried. I loved that it had a fruity taste….
Coffee Tour!
Today we visited Cafe Britt, a gourmet coffee and chocolate brand. We got to see the steps and cycles of how coffee is made. We also got to try different types of coffee that is harvested around Costa Rica. I learned that their is a harvesting season in Costa Rica for coffee and that the…
Business Visits!
We visited Kyndryl and Dos Pinos today. Kyndryl is a multinational IT service company and Dos Pinos is a large dairy cooperative owned by local Costa Rican farmers. Kyndryl primarily serves stakeholders while Dos Pinos is a cooperative which serves local farmers and shares its profits. I believe Dos Pinos creates the more lasting value…
Busy Heredia!
Today, we did numerous fun activities in downtown Heredia. This was the first “work day” that we experience while being in Costa Rica. I was surprised to find that our host mom worked from home. I expected most jobs in Costa Rica to be in person. She had to get on a meeting on her…
My first day in Costa Rica!
Today we visited La Paz and a strawberry farm. The experience was like no other. The waterfalls at La Paz were beautiful and the strawberries were delicious. Both these two locations had something in common. They both were able to build a sustainable relationship between people, land, and commerce. La Paz did the best at…
Costa Rica !!
Costa Rica’s environmental sustainability makes the country seem cool to me. It makes me want to explore the country more and see how they accomplish these goals. It is definitely impressive and makes the country more desirable for me to go to. The United States has limited environmental sustainability when it comes into comparison to…