Destination: Costa Rica

Talent Show

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [397]

Saturday was a big day for los niños in the community around La Gran Vista. Activities, games, music, etc were planned. The children were originally supposed to come by the farm at 9am, riding their stick horses, to see the view. At 10:30 we could ... Read more >

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Photos: Festival de Talentos

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Cascada

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [629]

Prior to coming to Costa Rica Megan and I did our research on La Gran Vista and had seen pictures of people swimming at a waterfall. We both desperately wanted to go swimming there. We talked about it all week and hoped it wouldn't rain on Saturday so ... Read more >

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Photos: Cascada

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Food food food!!

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Food, food, and more food!

Sat, 25 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [1220] | Comments [2]

The food here is excellent. As you can imagine we eat a lot of food from the farm. We've eaten a few meals off the farm but Xinia's cooking is definitely superior. I know my foodie friends are dying to hear about the food. I've decide to write this blog ... Read more >

Le Tour de Finca

Fri, 24 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [543] | Comments [2]

Between the two community trips this week and the rain every day, Megan and I had not gotten a chance to tour the entire farm. The living facilities were nicer than expected and we were both pleased to have our own rooms since we were the only two here.... Read more >

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Photos: Costa Rica-Jaco Beach area

Fri, 24 May 2013 | By travelgurl80 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Le Gran Vista Tour

Fri, 24 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Flor de Finca

Fri, 24 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Polychronic Cultures

Thu, 23 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [1908]

Megan took a class last semester on Chronemics, which is the study of time in nonverbal communication. She was telling me about how monochromic and polychronic cultures vary on how they perceive and react to time. The US is a monchronic culture where ... Read more >

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Photos: Polychronic culture

Thu, 23 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Photos: Costa Rican Market

Thu, 23 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Speaking Spanish

Wed, 22 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [534] | Comments [1]

Megan is a volunteer here from Ohio. She arrived on Sunday and will leave this Sunday. She is a cute, smart 22 year old environmental geography major. She has had about 7 years old French between high school and college but not a word of Spanish. Not.... Read more >

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California Redworms

Wed, 22 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [496] | Comments [1]

The day before my trip to Costa Rica was confirmed my Mother called me to invite me to Dallas for Memorial weekend. My brother and his family were coming up and Mom wanted us all together. We could spend the weekend on the boat and at the boat dock. ... Read more >