Monthly Archives: March 2010

Can species be saved for future generations?

On Tuesday, the class took a trip to Sevatura Nature Preserve to do a canopy tour by zipline. I opted out and instead went on the tour of the butterfly house, the insect house, and the reptile house. The butterfly … Continue reading

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Tabacon Hot Springs; immersed in geothermal energy

The Tabacon Natural Springs were very beautiful and refreshing. We spent our time at the springs moving from different part of the springs. In areas where the springs were continuously flowing the temperature of the water was very hot. In … Continue reading

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Love of the Sea

We arrived at Hotel Amor de Mar in Montezuma yesterday. “Amor de mar” means “love of the sea.” We’ve been very busy in previous days with little opportunity to do much more than participate in activities and learn. We intended … Continue reading

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Stranger fig, class, and the cloud forest

We’ve been very busy. Here is our entire class with Tico guides Rafeal and Juan Carlos in front of a strangler fig in the Monteverde Cloud Forest.

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How many termites equal one steak

Today we took a hike in Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal. Our tour guide, Javiar made the hike really enjoyable. After splitting everyone up into two groups, we were on our way. We stopped all along the way while Javiar spoke … Continue reading

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