¡Hola, Costa Rica!


After a flurry of airline transfers from Yakima to Seattle, to Los Angeles, to Houston, I finally arrived in San José, Costa Rica. From an aerial view flying into the country, it was evident that a lot of lush vegetation has been unperturbed by urbanism. After taking a taxi (only a $4 fare) to Alajuela, I met up with a couple of the students in the UW Honors Program (Course Title: “Environmental Sustainability and Natural History”) at the Los Volcanes Hotel. We explored the town’s churches and central parks and ended the night with a group dinner (with the Miss Universe Pageant playing in the background) at a local restaurant. 🛩 


We assembled with the entire group the next day and headed to Mastatal, a rural community located high in the mountain of Costa Rica, where the students would spend the bulk of their academic research. Man was I in for a rude awakening! In Mastatal, insect bites from ants and mosquitoes reigned supreme, there was limited privacy in the ranch “dorms,” everyone was forced to walk on bare feet indoors to avoid tracking in dirt, defecation took place outdoors in composting toilettes, and laundry had to be washed by hand which would take two to three days to dry outside in the wet humidity. It truly was quite the culture shock; what exactly was I getting myself into…? 🧼 



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  1. Lol well you got yourself into it well can't think it was gonna be an easy trip now well doing laundry there had to suck. How was the food any good or it sucks?

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  2. Wow D. That sounds awful... all those insects and walking barefoot.

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  3. Lol!! :D :D Any laundry problems here won't matter, 'cuz now you can say you've lived through it all! ;) What kind of ants and mosquitoes?? I'm SO CURIOUS!!

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  4. wow!! and i was complaining about my mosquito bites in korea! seems like your situation was a lottt worse than mine!

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