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Team Building

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At the beginning of the trip, I was nervous. Being surrounded by a group of complete strangers in a different country that I had no experience in is bound to spike a little anxiety. But, my nerves got cooled pretty quickly. The counselors talked us through our plans for travel, and I got to meet...

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Day 4: Leaving the Jungle

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We woke up in the pouring rain with 7/12 filters left to install. Although the weather was not on our side, we had to get our work done. We split up into groups and managed to finish with only a couple issues. 1) we did not have enough sand for our 12th filter, but our...

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Expectations

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The past 48 hours have been an extreme journey starting with the 3:45 am wake-up call on Sunday morning, which consisted of a four-hour flight to Dallas, a connecting flight to Houston, and then the last and final flight to Costa Rica. After a fog block and flying in circles for a good 45 minutes...

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