BIOL 398 Tropical Ecology & Culture in Costa Rica
“Nature always wears the colors of the spirit." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Day 16, July 27th – Afternoon and Evening in Ostional: Turtle Conservation Presentation and Beach Clean-up
After our wonderful morning at San Juanillo Beach, and a delicious lunch on the beach, we headed to Ostional to learn about the turtle conservation / turtle management practices in place in Ostional. This location is one of the last areas in the world to experience the Arribada,…
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Day 16, Thur, July 27th – Tide pools and Snorkeling at San Juanillo Beach + Piñata for Ash’s 20th Birthday!
On the 2nd to last day of our trip, course participants had the unique opportunity to visit and immerse themselves in some beach ecology. We visited San Juanillo Beach, on the Pacific Coast, which is well-known for its amazing tide pools and shallow shoreline, allowing for great…
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Group Pics – Saying Farewell to our Costa Rica students and now Friends for life!
A wonderful component of the course this year was the addition of three Costa Rican scholarship students, coordinated by our host institute in Costa Rica, the Monteverde Institute (MVI) http://monteverde-institute.org/. These students added not only their amazing and wonderful…
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Wed, July 26th, Walk in the Tropical Dry Forest; Explore Nosara Mangroves by Kayak; Stop at black sand beach to enjoy tropical fruit!
This post is from Day 15 of our amazing 18 day journey through Costa Rica. In the morning we got an introduction to the tropical dry forest with our MVI guide, Mark Wainwright. The bird and especially butterfly species seen on this walk were pretty extraordinary. Students…
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07-27-17 – At Hotel Giordano Tropicale in Nosara … Welcome to the Dry Forest!
We have made our way around the beautiful country of Costa Rica, and arrived 2 nights ago in Nosara, on the Pacific Coast. What a different and amazing place … with many of the animals we have seen elsewhere, like Howler monkeys Alouatta palliata, but new and distinctly…
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07-24-17 Post 2 – Out of the Cloud Forest and heading towards the Pacific Coast …
Just a quick note to viewers to let you know posts are a bit behind due to intermittent and sometimes totally absent internet service. We will post whenever we can, and topics / days could be out of time order. Many apologies! We have taken so many photographs between all of us,…
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Venado Cave Pics from 07-17, Day 6
In an earlier post , we shared about our trip through the Venado Caves, and promised pictures. Here they are! We hope you enjoy them as much as we enjoyed the experience! Pura Vida!
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7-24-17 – Day 13 of 18 – Out of the Cloud Forest
Today is Day 13 of our 18 day trip around this amazing country of Costa Rica. We just hiked out of the cloud forest, having spent several days at the San Gerardo field station, which is run by Giovanni and his wife Ibania. Their son Andre’ has grown a lot since our last visit!…
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07-19-17, Day 8: Leaving Rancho Margot Today for Monteverde
Our stay at Rancho Margot has been incredible. The food and hospitality was unsurpassed, and learning about the workings of a sustainable farm was very impactful on students. In addition, students had project time to work on their various projects, as well as to deploy field…
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GPS Maps from Tirimbina to Rancho Margot
Below are several GPS Google Earth maps showing our journey from Tirimbina to Rancho Margot, so students and their families and friends can see our path around the beautiful country of Costa Rica.