Costa Rica-Monteverde Archives

PublishedAugust 27, 2019 by Ananya Vohra

On a warm and humid Saturday afternoon, our cohort returned to La Calandria from a weekly Frisbee session at the …

PublishedJuly 22, 2019 by Kyla Brezitski

“Please don’t fly away. Please don’t fly away,” I silently begged as the agile bird wriggled around in my closed …

PublishedJuly 15, 2019 by Katherine Knotek

Before coming to Costa Rica, I had never heard of the three-wattled bellbird. But not long after I arrived in …

PublishedJuly 15, 2019 by Simisola Gbadegesin

Pura Vida is a saying in Costa Rica that translates literally to “Pure Life”. I asked Julio, one of our …

PublishedJuly 15, 2019 by Jason Atwood

June 15th was the start of our first free weekend in Costa Rica. We were invited to play ultimate frisbee …

PublishedJuly 08, 2019 by Austin Camp

For me, this trip has been about constantly maintaining my mental, physical, and emotional stability. When I first thought about …

PublishedJune 26, 2019 by Joyce Gu

When we first arrived to Valle Escondido, our bus, with all our suitcases strapped on top, crept its way down …

PublishedJune 26, 2019 by Trevor Gannalo

Learning that I was highly allergic to the fungi that grow in both the soil and leaves of Costa Rica …

PublishedJune 22, 2019 by Joyce Gu

DukeEngage in Costa Rica has officially begun! On June 6th, all 14 of us met up with Debra Hamilton and …

PublishedJuly 31, 2018 by Karen Jin

On the Friday of July 13th, we had a field trip led by Mark Wainwright to San Gerado in Children’s …