This morning we went to Jungle Mike’s. He’s an entomologist from the US who moved to Costa Rica over 20 years ago. He showed us around his open-air butterfly farm, and taught us a lot about different bugs in the area. Many of us caught butterflies, and tried eating some termites. He told us that...
We received a message from Jim and Sarah letting us know that their group is boarding their flight for Hong Kong, so they are on their way to Cambodia. Despite the late night departure, the group is in great spirits. The group of six students from the U.S. will meet the remaining two students in...
After an extremely cold night, Callie woke us up for our first work day. We started off with a delicious breakfast of bread, jam, and bananas, complemented by Manzanilla tea. Inka, one of the German volunteers led us to the work site where the boys would start digging up stairs where the children would read and where...