Costa Rica Jami and Shelby!

Hola from Shelby and Jami,

We are having an awesome time here in this beautiful,tropical place! Shelby’s favorite part of the day was the Sky Tram and seeing the beach. Jami’s favorite part was all the rain in the rain forest when it down poured! She also loved hanging butterfly crysislises (cocoons) and letting them free in the observatory!

Love Jami and Shelby!

Costa Rica

Hey!! It’s me Ellie! How are you? I am great! The plane rides took forever! It took like, five hours. Or longer… :) We did the first plane ride and it wasn’t that good… it took forever. same with the second ride.

Today was great, we went on the Sky Tram, A Gondala basically. :) it went through the forest. in the rainforest. :) the  first day was great!!!! I had tons of fun!! I’ll tell you more at home, :)

Love You!! Ellie

1st and second days in CR

 

This is Liam. the first day was waiting, eating, waiting, and a tiny bit of flying. I ate enough to last me until the second flight, when i had one of those little boxes of food. we were 2 hours late, but the flight was very nice. the today, we went on a sky tram through the rainforest, and we saw a sloth. it was raining slightly,butjust as we went back up it POURED.Luckily i brought my poncho. we saw the butterfly garden and released butterflies.

See ya later,

Liam

Days 1 and 2 at CR

Day one

This is Tommy, most of the time we spent in the airport was waiting, then more waiting, and even more waiting.  The one plus was BLUE RASBERRY FANTA! It was awesome!  Our flight was 2 hours late though….

Today was pretty fun.  We saw a waterfall, plus some butterflies, and a couple frogs.  The food is good, but I miss fatty american food and my dog.

Still Alive,

Tommy

our first two days

this is corey and holland we got here safely yesterday and today we went to a waterfall and a butterfly garden instead of the sea turtle rescue because they don’t hatch on a specific day. we don’t feel to great (stomach problems – NS) but are having fun.

love you mom bye

Our Trip So Far

This is coming from jacob nibali in costa rica. we have arrived safely and wendsday  night we stayed at a hotel. today we went to a waterfalll and i got to take some cool pics. love all of my family back home. ill call soon. love u.

bye

What's a Rain Forest without Rain??

WOW! What a fun day! We were able to experience the rainforest at it's best!! It poured rain on us and it was WONDERFUL!! We saw some amazing floura and fauna but the best part of today was definitely when it went from sunny to pouring rain in a matter of minutes while we stood under the beautiful canopy of the Costa Rican Rain Forest! Amazing!

~Shoni J. and Kirsten S.

News by Emma S. and Anna A.

Hello! This is Emma the animal lover
and Anna:]
You too :) Anyway, we're reporting for the Costa Rican Times. Today we will be intervewing 2 animals/fruits each. I will be doing the chickens and the Strawberry Posion Dart Frog.
I am going to describe two costa rican fruits. The first is the guanabana and the second is the mimonchino.
First I'll do the chickens. Ms. Chicken, why did you keep crossing the road?
"Well, I just was walking on the road when you came in that big bus. It was nice that you stopped for me though. Anyway, I was just going to go to my owner. We wander around sometimes, you know."
I see. Sometimes you stay in your coop when there's a fence though, correct?
"Yes."
Thank you! Now I'll do the Poison dart frog. Mr. Frog, why are you red?
"I'm bright red to warn others that I am poisonous. Don't touch me!"
I will not. How many frogs of your kind did I see today again?
"2."
Thank you for your time! This is Emma the animal lover, signing off. I miss you Patrick and I hope that you are having tons of fun. Dad, thanks for the flashlight!! Spay or Neuter your cats and dogs!! p.s. Mom is having a great time, too!
First I will tell you about the guanabana. It is green and spikey on the outside. on the inside it looks like white mush. The fruit tastes sour and is very chewy and stringy. the jucie is much sweeter and white too. If you come to costa rica you should denfinitely try it.
I am only going to do one fruit today to tired to write anymore have a bit of a stomach ache. I will tell you about the mimonchino another day.Bye see you Tomorrow on the next edition of Costa Rican Times. This is Anna:] signing off.
Hi mommy and baba. I am having a lot of fun here. I am taking lots of pictures to show you. Today we got to release butterflies and go on a sky tram over the rainforset. We saw a sloth, two blue morpho butterflys wich are endangered species and 4 posious dart frogs. Miss you all. from anna

Post by Kyle W.

Today we did a lot of things. first we got up at 5:00 and drove to Veragua rain forest, rode in the Sky Tram to get to the lower level of the rain forest and hiked down to the puma waterfalls. We saw the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog and a really cute three toed sloth. Having a great time in Costa Rica but miss you guys! Kyle

Post by Isabelle

It is so beautiful in Costa Rica! I am having a wonderful time! I am very excited for the rest of the trip!
Isabelle

Post by Merina

Hi everyone! It's very beautiful here in Costa Rica, and I am having a great time. We rode in the bus for 4 fours and eventually reached Limon where we rode in a Sky Tram over the rainforest. I saw a three-toed sloth, a toucan, and several poisonous dart frogs. We just moved to a new hotel with cabins for us to stay, a pool, and a jacuzzi.
~Merina~

Post by Paige F.

I went to the rainforest and it rained. I saw 2 dart frogs lots of cows horses donkeys goats and lots of rottweilers and pit bulls .
PAIGE :p

Post by Eamon L.

Hi Mom and Dad, I'm having a great time! After a 4 hour bus ride we got to the rain forest and hiked to the Sky Tram. On the Sky Tram we had a great view of the forest. Then we hiked to the Puma Waterfall and took pictures. Some of the kids here play DnD and we are playing tonight.
Eamon

Post by Wilder

Hi Mom and Dad. I'm having a great time here in Costa Rica! Today we went over the rain forests in a Sky Tram, and from
there we hiked to the Puma Waterfall. Miss you,
Wilder. :)
P.S. Kirsten says "Now he's off to play D&D"

Post by Stewart C.

Having a great time here in costa rica.Went hiking in the rainforest and saw a poison dart frog!!! Having a great time!!!!!!!!!!
stewart

Long Day of Travel, but TOTALLY Worth It!!

We arrived in beautiful Costa Rica late this evening after 17 hours of travel. We were greeted by our awesome Travel Manager who is taking great care of us!! All students are accounted for and having a great time. We can already see friendships being formed!! :-) Early start tomorrow...can't wait to begin! Good night for now! ~SKJohnson

...And we're off!

Athena's Academy group is ready to go! It's early in the morning and we're heading to the airport! (It's still dark outside! ;-)

NCC is ready to be en la casa de Costa Rica!

The final countdown has begun! North Chevy Chase Elementary is ready to head south to sunny Costa Rica! We have been reading the posts of the earlier Discovery Student Adventures groups, which BTW are terrific, and we can't wait to start making some CR memories of our own.

Freeman is Ready!

We had our final meeting with students and parents last night and are now busy packing! Everyone is so excited! Costa Rica, here we come....PURA VIDA!

Donna P

Eau Claire...less than a MONTH!

woo HOO in less than 30 days the DeLong Middle School students will be boarding the plane from Mpls. heading down to Costa Rica, PURA VIDA travelers!