Category: Costa Rica
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Spotted: Globies about to Leave Costa Rica???
By: Eva Barsness On a somewhat normal Wednesday afternoon, we all found ourselves about a half a mile’s jaunt from the Panama border. We had come to this region to visit the Loma Linda Field Station, meeting local researchers and scientists, Jason and Gerald, who are both working on experiments throughout the station. In the…
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San José to San Vito
By: Lauren Patchett It is hard to believe we have less than a week left here in Costa Rica and we’re almost a third of the way through our Global Semester journey! These past few weeks have included quite the variety of locations, climates, and experiences, keeping things interesting, but many students were feeling relieved…
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Homestays & Coffee & Clouds, Oh My!
By: Emma Sahly ¡Bienvenidos a la finca! This week has been filled with excitement as we relocated from Estacion Biologica Monteverde to our homestays and started working on a sustainable coffee farm, Life Monteverde. Many homes were in close proximity, and I was especially lucky because our home was less than a kilometer away from…
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Cloud Forest Expeditions
By: Maggie Brooks Greetings from Monteverde!! This week we packed up and said goodbye to all of our new animal (and human) friends at La Selva Research Station. After a roughly six hour bus ride, we arrived at the Estacion Biologica Monteverde nestled high within the Monteverde Cloud Forest. Monteverde sits in a unique location…
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Settling Into La Selva
By: Sofie Hamilton Hola from Costa Rica, This week we have been settling into a calmer pace at La Selva Research Station and embracing the “Pura Vida” lifestyle. The isolated research station is located on 1536 hectares (3795 acres) of conserved lowland rainforest that has shown to be a perfect location for us to all…
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The Beginning of an Adventure
By: Addie Flesch We are nearly two weeks into our Global Semester journey and it’s time for an update. We are beginning on a three and a half month journey that will take us to Costa Rica, South Africa, Namibia, and Vietnam. Each of us, “Globies”, will take a turn writing a blog post connecting…