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Fri, 19 Jun 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Photo Gallery
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Thu, 18 Jun 2015 | By jorjejuanita | Views [586]
Show me la fortune La Fortuna
Our first stop in luscious, tropical Costa Rica was La Fortuna. Arrived at San Jose airport, jumped in the hire car and drove ( on the wrong side of the road ) for five hours, for only 120 kms distance - many ... Read more >
Wed, 27 May 2015 | By puravidawayoflife | Views [272] | Scholarship Entry
I open the wooden blind and we met each other. I found her black face fitted out with a broad nose with flared nostrils. I found her oil painted eyes, and I couldn’t help shouting. She shouted too. Each of us ran apart looking for safety and we never ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lindseylucero | Views [228] | Scholarship Entry
I was thinking about the time I got makeover at the mall in sixth grade. I had no idea why, but in the middle of the Costa Rican rainforest, it was what had crossed my mind. A cascade of white flowers drifted down in the damp August breeze, one landed ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By eleniph | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
As the moist air wraps your body in a blanket, your eyes drift between swaying coconuts and bicycle wheels on a sun-kissed concrete. Puerto Viejo, on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica, is trenched in sugar-like sand whilst bodies spread on it like butter.... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By amanda0simmons | Views [298] | Scholarship Entry
I was falling. Free falling almost 500 feet in the middle of a Costa Rican rainforest and all I could do was scream from exhilaration. Fortunately, I didn’t hit the ground and end up the jungle crow’s next meal, the cables attached to my ankles retracted ... Read more >
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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By lilithschaap | Views [447] | Scholarship Entry
In an effort to blend in with Costa Rican women I study them carefully. My goal is integration. Being one foot taller than the locals is my first obstacle. I might have to limit standing and walking to a minimum to blur out differences. I gather wisdom ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By jennasadventures | Views [208] | Scholarship Entry
5am. I’m floating on a 6’0 surfboard in 86 degree water.Not another soul in sight but what my eyes can see are the outlines of monstrous mountains and dense jungle all tinted black by darkness.Suddenly the sky lightens and I swivel my board towards the ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By wonderingsoulbnz | Views [201] | Scholarship Entry
My trip to picturesque Coast Rica began in a torrential typhoon. Cool. The truth is, without experiences, a destination is simply that. Costa Rica sparkles with jungle fever. The second our plane landed, our noses were filled with the scent of rain ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By ouiwoman | Views [651] | Scholarship Entry
“We did it,” I whispered in the tent as we stared through the skylight at the shroud of stars that rocked the sky at Playa Naranjo in Santa Rosa National Park, Costa Rica. Earlier that day, we catapulted down through the boulder-bashing, river-flooded, ... Read more >
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Mon, 25 May 2015 | By angemac23 | Views [308] | Scholarship Entry
I opened my email to see "Congratulations, you've won". I shrugged it off as spam and deleted it but a nagging feeling kept telling me to read the email. And lo and behold, I did win...an all-expense paid trip to a Yoga Retreat in Montezuma, Costa Rica.... Read more >
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Sun, 24 May 2015 | By scottycrowe | Views [225] | Scholarship Entry
I fell in love over an avocado and quinoa breakfast and asked her, “What should I do today?” to which she replied “Rent a quad and go to the Montezuma waterfalls.” “My love, would you like to join?” is what my mind said. “Great, I’ll take the check whenever!” ... Read more >
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Sat, 23 May 2015 | By eyesopened | Views [277] | Scholarship Entry
It's 3am, I am 18 years old, and this is my first time away from home. And I am alone. What have I done?! These are the thoughts, which were running through my head, as I embarked onto the sand that night. The night, which shaped every major decision, ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By postcardgirl | Views [434] | Scholarship Entry
Everywhere I turn there are bodies. Smiling faces, bad teeth; arms pumping in time to steel drums. Squeezing through the mass of moving limbs, I spy an opening. “No gracias.” I shake my head at a dancer who clutches his chest and pouts as if I’m the ... Read more >
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Thu, 21 May 2015 | By hartsurf | Views [324] | Scholarship Entry
My dad was an aging surfer, a 16 year old grom stuck in the increasingly arthritic body of man in his mid-fifties. Still searching for the perfect wave. He had dragged his wife and two kids around the US, from Cape Hatteras to California, but it wasn't ... Read more >
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