Guest Author: loganruiz
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As much as I enjoyed my time abroad, by the end of a 20-day trip, returning to the United States was a welcomed change. Costa Rica was gorgeous with its impressive mountain ranges, untouched beaches, and abundance of avian species, but it was also significantly different that the life that I am used to back…
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Monteverde was the second location that our group stayed at, and it was undoubtedly my favorite part of the trip. At first, it was the weather that I fell in love with. This high-elevation lodge was much cooler in temperature than where we had just spent several days on the Pacific Coast. Here at the…
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I had never left the United States before this trip to Costa Rica, so a lot of my anxiety about it came from the unknown. I had to get a Passport for the first time, and I had never flown alone before, so one of my biggest concerns was the logistics of leaving the country…