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Bienvenido Pura Vida: October 2006
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Tuesday, October 03, 2006. Still at Riley's in Alajuela. This weekend I am heading to Dominical and picking fruit at a nearby farm and selling the harvest in the local community. In exchange for work, I get food and a place to sleep. Assuming climbing trees and eating fresh tropical fruit is as sweet as it sounds, I'll stay there until mid November. More info about this and hopefully photos once it happens. Also added to the sidebar- ). Posted by AdamSoup @ 10:03 AM. Links to this post. Back in Tree Town.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: January 2006
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Tuesday, January 31, 2006. Courtesy of Mr Q. Armadillo are common on EARTH's campus. And I always enjoy trying new things. Armadillo, South of the Border style. Trap armadillo with a net between 12 AM and 2AM. Get 3 gal of water boiling in big pot. Take creature's life away with a single swing of the machete to his head. (Females not eaten). While water boils, place uncooked food neck down to drain as much fluid as possible. Dip raw food in pot of boiling water. Let it rest for 15 min. Links to this post.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: November 2005
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Monday, November 28, 2005. These last few weeks can't go by fast enough. This place has been good to me but more and more I can see the shiny film of the bubble surrounding every building and coating the minds of its occupants. I am almost to the edge of the bubble, holding a pin, ready to burst into another world (or integrate this one with a bigger one). Posted by AdamSoup @ 4:15 PM. Links to this post. Adammaxwhite [at] gmail.com. Costa Rica Wikipedia entry. History of Central America.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: March 2006
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Friday, March 31, 2006. Despite the lack of updates, I'm still at EARTH and the time is being well-spent. Here's some of what's been going on. Susan and Josh visited a couple weekends ago. Started a new unit of Work Experience class. Went to Panama to renew my passport. Surfed in Puerto Viejo. Posted by AdamSoup @ 6:12 PM. Links to this post. Wednesday, March 08, 2006. Today I listened to a talk by Glen Chown, U of M grad and director of the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy. GTRLC), an NGO based ...
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: September 2006
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Saturday, September 23, 2006. Seen at Jalova ranger station in Tortuguero. Army Ants making a chain. Plant Hopper adult and nymphs. Posted by AdamSoup @ 7:57 AM. Links to this post. Friday, September 22, 2006. This is the ranger post I worked at. This is why I was there. This is Jorge, holding dinner. Posted by AdamSoup @ 9:12 PM. Links to this post. Tuesday, September 19, 2006. During off-time, I was responsible for doing superficial searches of tour boats and fishing for dinner. Links to this post.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: December 2005
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Sunday, December 25, 2005. I will be taking a total of 14 credits (the number listed for each course is flexible). Of what is offered, these are the courses I'm most likely to take. Work Experience is the only required course and is supposedly very well-liked. The descriptions are translated from Spanish). HUM 202 Ethics and Critical Thinking - Two hours of class per week. RCN 301 Tropical Silviculture - Two hours of class and four hours of lab. In this course, the student amplifies and deepens his/her k...
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: June 2006
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Sunday, June 18, 2006. Made it to Mexico safely! Lots of news since my last update but internet is no longer free. so it may be a while until I can catch up on the details. Other than more or less biweekly trips to Tapachula, I'm living at a small research station at a coffee farm called Finca Irlanda. My days consist of: wake up at 6, capture beetles till 11, eat and relax the rest of the day. Here and there, we do other research and later in the summer I may start my own project. Links to this post.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: August 2006
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Tuesday, August 22, 2006. Alajuela, Costa Rica. I am staying at a friend's house in a suburb of San Jose, the country's capital. On the 29th, I will start a volunteer gig protecting Caribbean shoreline used by giant sea turtles. At the moment, most of my time is spent studying GRE vocabulary and cooking. I've become pretty good at making pizza from scratch and even thai green curry. Chocolate chip cookies and fried yuca, too. Posted by AdamSoup @ 11:20 AM. Links to this post. Costa Rica Wikipedia entry.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: April 2006
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Semana Santa (Holy Week, Saint's Week) is a holiday throughout much of Latin America which is celebrated the week leading up to Easter. Everyone gets the week off, heads to the beach, and the bars close for two nights. Check out Lauren's pictures. Posted by AdamSoup @ 3:42 PM. Links to this post. Saturday, April 22, 2006. Posted by AdamSoup @ 5:50 PM. Links to this post. Monday, April 03, 2006. As the Corn Grows. Almost ready to harvest my parcel of corn. Links to this post.
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Bienvenido Pura Vida: February 2006
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Sunday, February 26, 2006. School has definately been in gear. quizes, papers, etc. Many assignments are done as a group, which makes it a bit easier. In work experience class, we were assigned the task of raking leaves off a trail in the rainforest. Apparently this is for the benefit of gringo tourists? I also learned that the school's forest reserve was established and maintained with money donated by American Express. and we sell our banana's to Whole Foods! The party was like something out of a movie...
