Costa Rica 2010

Emily Stanley, 16 It hasn't really set in yet that I'm home, and that I have luxuries, and can do things I'd like, and have fr...

Cherie, 17 Well, I guess it’s my turn. I’ve edited this a million times. If I don’t post it now, I don't think it will ever stop chang...

LaShai, 17 Well I've been home for about a week. When I first got home, I was excited. I had my room back, my phone for texting, my ...

Siena, 17 I sense that something in my life is missing. It's around 9:30 pm on a Friday night and no form of entertainment is suiting ...

Matyas, 16 I don’t think my last post did any justice to how I truly feel about my experiences in Costa Rica. I may not have realized it a...

Samantha, 18 So this looks like it will be my last post on this blog. It's been such a great journey. From the moment I found out I woul...

Courtney, 17 Our plane touched down at Pittsburgh international around 11:20 or so on April 15, 2010. Despite the fact that I’m home, thin...

Nathan, 18 We are home, and as great of a feeling as it is, I wish we were still in Costa Rica. It doesn't seem right not being woken up...

Larry, 17 We made it home. It's kind of weird to wake up to no one in the shower. To wake up to what you want to eat and to eat when you...

Matyas, 16 We're back to civilization after being in the rain forest for 3 days of work. We helped the Bribri people of Yorkin (pronoun...

Arturo, 17 The past four days were somehow very difficult to me. First of all, the four to five hour drive to Yorkin wasn't the best. S...

Mr. Moreland, Science Teacher Thinking back on the experience in both San Jose and Yorkin, I was thoroughly impressed by our students. When...

Larry, 17 Well, there were a lot of things in this past couple of days I really enjoyed. We did a lot and it spanned from the rain forest ...

Melina, 17 Over the past few days, I've learned a lot about appreciating the little things in life. Traveling to Yorkin was a really mi...

Kiera, 16 The first day when I arrived in Yorkin I really wasn't surprised with what I saw. Our little cabins weren't that bad, eve...