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Day 2 – When Night Falls
Arenal Oasis Eco Lodge (http://www.panoramio.com/photo/38403132) In the evening, I am excited to go on an ecology-focused hike with the Arenal Oasis company touting interaction with frogs, snakes, and...
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Day 3 – Welcome to the Jungle (Or “We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat”)
Volcán Arenal - a clear view (photo credit: Carrie Schuman) This is an early day for us. The volcano is in full breathtaking view, in contrast to most of the day before. The volcano had been shrouded...
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Day 4 – Transition is Key (Or “The Way to Monteverde”)
Saying goodbye to Arenal (photo credit: Carrie Schuman) As we are checking out of the hotel, we chat with Victor at the front desk. He is one of the staff members here who has been impossibly cordial...
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Day 5 – With My Head In The Clouds
Monteverde Cloud Forest (http://www.monteverdecostarica.com/) Monteverde is an interesting place but in some ways represents the lull in our trip. The region is home to a rare type of ecohabitat called...
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Day 6 – With Many Stops Along the Journey
At 5 am, our feline friend “Alejandro” (see previous post) decides to start wailing outside our door in the hope we will let him to roam indiscriminately for a few minutes until he is ready to leave...
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Day 7 – Wild Nights Are Calling
View of Casitas Eclipse (Copyright: Robert Schuman 2011) We sleep in for the first time since setting foot in Costa Rica. We soon discover two things. First of all, anything hand-washed in the name of...
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Day 8 – Oh The Places We Will Go
Playa Matapalo (credit: http://littleapplenet.com/uncategorized/field-trip-tico-edition/attachment/full-matapalo-beach/) This is an especially early morning for the Schuman clan as we need to get to La...
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Aventuras en Español
So, my friend Lucas had to listen to me wax obnoxious about Español while we classed up Amato’s on a friday night. The Tufts volleyball team rolled in, several of the women wearing uncomfortably short...
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Ahk-toong Bay-Bi Covered – Q Magazine Tips Their Hat to U2 in the Most...
Cover of Achtung Baby When I finally switched formats, from tape cassettes to compact discs (cds for the youngins), I can claim, not without a hint of musical snobbery, that U2′s Joshua Tree was my...
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Of Mud and Muck
A smattering of clockwork stars filtered through a lens of clean, desolate air and a mineral laden wind, the gears of a lonely night time sky. I am visiting my Aunt and Uncle on their acres of wild...
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