Julie In Costa Rica: Day 4

Welcome friends and family!

I am traveling through Central America with the University of Georgia as part of a program titled Culture and Content in Latin America. Another teacher, Rebeccah, and I are traveling as a team representing our school system. While we are there we will be visiting schools, health care facilities, hiking through the rainforest, snorkeling, and experiencing border crossing on foot as we travel into Nicaragua. In addition to living with a family in Costa Rica for a few days, we will be staying at the Ecolodge on UGA's campus in Monteverde (see pictures and links in the right hand column) and in various hotels. You can check the itinerary links to see where in the world we are on a given day. I have included some maps and photos of where we will be (and will be adding more as we go!). While I expect internet availability to be intermittent during the trip, I will be posting updates of my travels as often as possible--so keep checking in!

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Day 4

Today we said goodbye to our host families and returned to the ecolodge for one last night tonight before leaving for the next leg of our trip. I can't download any of my pictures from today due to power surges from some intense rain we are experiencing, but I hope to share pictures of my homestay family soon.

Tomorrow morning we will leave for Santa Rosa National Park (in the northwestern region of Guanacaste) where we will visit a volcano and also have the opportunity to do some snorkeling. I think it will be about a 5 hour bus ride, but I am excited nonetheless!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: Julie,
What a wonderful experience you are having! I look forward to every day being able to read about your trip. I hope you get the opportunity to snorkle - I just know it will be magnificent. Take care and i can't wait to see your next blog!
Devera; June 21, 2007 at 5:58 AM
Anonymous said...: Thanks for keeping us posted on your adventure. The pictures are amazing. What a beautiful place. I can tell from your narrative that you are having a great time.
Ken; June 21, 2007 at 5:59 AM
Anonymous said...: Hey Mrs. Garrison!! i think your trip pictures look nice and beautiful!!
-John Strainovici; June 21, 2007 at 8:22 AM
Rebecca Burton said...: hey sister! looks like you're having a great time! loved the pics of the waterfall--wish i could've sent tripod down it today when they climbed out of their cribs at naptime. hehe! send some more pictures when you get a chance. love ya!
rebecca :0); June 21, 2007 at 5:08 PM