Destination: Costa Rica

Polychronic Cultures

Thu, 23 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [1724]

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 [478] | 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 [440] | 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 >

Community Compost

Tue, 21 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [254]

Donald works for the government to promote and teach Ticos how to create sustainable farming. Occassionally he goes out into the communities and lectures in workshops. Today he is taking Megan and me with him to one of these workshops to help teach the ... Read more >

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Photos: Community compost project

Tue, 21 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

The First Night

Tue, 21 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [372]

Boy am I glad I went to bed early. After finishing dinner and cleaning up I went up to my room and unpacked. I also got my mosquito net hung up and properly draped around my bed. Megan was in her room too so I decided to just turn my lights out and read ... Read more >

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Getting to the Farm

Mon, 20 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [378]

Donald, the farmer, and I had exchanged many emails on Saturday to prepare for my arrival. He had also given me the name oanother volunteer that was flying in on Sunday- Megan. Megan and I tried to coordinate coming in together but she was arriving early ... Read more >

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San Jose

Sun, 19 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [621]

I landed in San Jose right on time and had zero issues getting through immigration and customs. I made my way out the door with my luggage and picked a cab drivr whose name was Franklin. Franklin was a great cabbie and told me lots about his country ... Read more >

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My Bucket List

Sun, 19 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [263]

I made it off with very little sleep despite my best intentions. I had gotten home around 7pm on Saturday night had not made any plans for the evening. I had some friends crashing at my place but they didn't need me to entertain them. I also had some ... Read more >

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The Acceptance

Sat, 18 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [286]

A week after I applied for the Costa Rican farm I still had not heard back from Global Nomadics, the company I had applied to. I sent an email off to the company for a status but knew they were in Australia so I wouldn't hear back from them until later ... Read more >

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The Beginning

Fri, 17 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Views [366]

Four weeks ago I decided to quit my job. It was sort of an impetuous decision. I'd been unhappy with work for awhile but my company was going through a massive reorg and I was optimistic about the changes that were coming. I'd been with the company for ... Read more >

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Photos: Costa Rica 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 | By kendal00 | Photo Gallery

Understanding a Culture through Food - Basics are Best

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 | By jessicanasoda | Views [296] | Scholarship Entry

I traveled to Costa Rica a few years ago on a trip for my high school's Bio Technology program. We were there for a whole week, getting a taste of the local culture and wildlife and environment, and of course, the food. Everyday we were there, there were ... Read more >

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