Saying goodbye to host families was hard to do. As we sit in the San Jose airport waiting for our rerun flight, a feeling of gratitu...

It has been an amazing experience staying with our host families so far.  Even though (for me at least), the Spanish is muy difícil, our f...

Hola!  We woke up this morning again to the sound of rain on our tin roof. Chris and I (Hilary), are with one family and Meagan and Rachel...

Daniel  As today approached, Jennifer has been telling us, "You *have* to meet Daniel, you'll love him!" Although we nev...

We were all looking forward to meeting our families, but were also nervous about communication since no one in our group speaks Spanish, a...

Blog 23 July 2014 We woke up to the amazing sound of howler monkeys and then the thundering of pouring  rain on our tin roof.   We had ...

Day two at the Chilamate Eco Resort and first school visits. Today we were fortunate to visit two very wonderful schools in Chilamate....

Pura vida!* After a smooth (and sleepy) flight, Rachel, Hilary, Meagan, and I found ourselves in beautiful San Jose, where Jennifer held ...

The group arrived safely in San José after uneventful flights and an unusually long line in customs.  We'll plan to write our first off...