For my final entry in my Costa Rican blog I wanted to direct my focus on my thoughts concerning ecotourism. Considering the class and I have spent our month doing just that, I feel that it is an important topic to consider.    Now that I am back in the United States, I have had… Read more »

For this entry in my blog, I wanted to zone in on a topic that carries so much importance both over the course of this trip and over the course of everyone’s lifetime. This topic is global climate change.    Over the course of the third week here in Costa Rica, the daily occurrences and… Read more »

   With the beginning of the second week came the first time my group had left La Selva. As much as I have enjoyed being at La Selva, it was refreshing to remember that all of Costa Rica is not simply a research station. That being said, we were able to travel to one of… Read more »

Coming into the trip, there was quite a bit of a buildup and nerves before the arrival date actually came. I had never travelled alone, let alone gone to a foreign country on a continent I had never been to. However, this is what I signed up for and this is what I wanted to… Read more »