Good afternoon families and friends!
We are having a lovely time in Costa Rica. The weather has been a mixture of sun and rain with very hot temperatures. The students have been coping rather well with smiles on their faces. They have all been applying sunscreen and bug spray on a regular basis. Yesterday, we stayed cool by walking through the rainforest, then swimming in the river in the pouring rain. It was quite refreshing.
The wifi has not been very reliable, this is why we have not been able to post many photos for you to see, but I can assure you that we have taken hundreds of photos that we will put on the blog once we either get to a stronger wi-fi signal or home.
You will notice that students have been reflecting on the blog. Each day there are two student leaders that work with Javier and Sarah (our World Leadership Guides) to plan the day. Everyone will get to be a leader before the trip is over. Today we played with the local school children and presented our gifts to them. In groups, they played "gato gato perro" (duck duck goose) and soccer, among other games. I think today may have been the highlight of the trip so far. Tomorrow, we will be going with some kids on the boat to look for dolphins and snorkel. Each day seems to get better and better.
All in all, it has been a great experience and we cannot think of a better group of kids to be here with. Thank you for sharing them with us for ten days. Everyone is eating well and staying very hydrated. We get to bed pretty early and rise around 7am. Saturday we will be moving locations from the village with the school to the research station in Piro.
Keep checking on the blog and I will do my best to post whenever we get better service, but I wanted to make sure you all know that everything is going great.
Pura Vida!
Liz and Kathy
We are having a lovely time in Costa Rica. The weather has been a mixture of sun and rain with very hot temperatures. The students have been coping rather well with smiles on their faces. They have all been applying sunscreen and bug spray on a regular basis. Yesterday, we stayed cool by walking through the rainforest, then swimming in the river in the pouring rain. It was quite refreshing.
The wifi has not been very reliable, this is why we have not been able to post many photos for you to see, but I can assure you that we have taken hundreds of photos that we will put on the blog once we either get to a stronger wi-fi signal or home.
You will notice that students have been reflecting on the blog. Each day there are two student leaders that work with Javier and Sarah (our World Leadership Guides) to plan the day. Everyone will get to be a leader before the trip is over. Today we played with the local school children and presented our gifts to them. In groups, they played "gato gato perro" (duck duck goose) and soccer, among other games. I think today may have been the highlight of the trip so far. Tomorrow, we will be going with some kids on the boat to look for dolphins and snorkel. Each day seems to get better and better.
All in all, it has been a great experience and we cannot think of a better group of kids to be here with. Thank you for sharing them with us for ten days. Everyone is eating well and staying very hydrated. We get to bed pretty early and rise around 7am. Saturday we will be moving locations from the village with the school to the research station in Piro.
Keep checking on the blog and I will do my best to post whenever we get better service, but I wanted to make sure you all know that everything is going great.
Pura Vida!
Liz and Kathy
Thank you Liz and Kathy for sharing your time with our kids! Pura Vida! Sandy Lee
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