Final Thoughts

I'm sitting in the Lobby of our hotel in San Jose typing out this post on my Blackberry because my computer died on me yesterday. It's been a great trip with the students and they've been great. I'm a little overwhelmed at times of the extremes of this place. For one, the beauty and diversity of the ecosystem. I've never seen so much in terms of the living organisms and the unique nature of each. I could have spent days in the jungle looking...

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Mucho Gusto

As the trip progresses, I’m noticing more and more the difference between the people of Costa Rica and Mexico.  While both groups are nice, the feeling of their genuine nature is less evident in Mexico.  I don’t know if I can put a finger on why this is, but it is definitely there.  Makes the trip that much nicer. We just finished visiting a biological station called LaSelva and it might be one of my highlights.  For 2hr we wandered...

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Pura Vida my Hombres

My first post from Central America on our blog has me in good spirits.  I’m on tour with our school group for 9 days and so far the kids have not caused me any grief and they seem to be having a great time.  The weather has held so far, with clouds at times, but mostly sunny and warm.  I feel like an old man, I’m sweating so much!  It’s a good thing the kids aren’t all athletes, I allows me to stay ahead of the pack. There...

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Mr. I is in Costa Rica

As luck would have it, I am leading a group of students to Costa Rica over the Easter break.  I've started a blog for parents and family to follow here, but you can see what I'm up to as well.  It should be a busy, action packed 9 days and I suspect that everyone will be tired by the time we return.  Luckily, time change isn't an issue with this trip!  Hasta la vista LOM...

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Here we go again.

After some builder changes, we've decided to go with another builder, river ridge homes.  They were able to offer a better price and we're confident that the quality will be equal to or better than the other builder.  Obviously it's like comparing apples to oranges, but their enthusiasm is at a level, higher than ours.  That's a good start I think. They work with mack designs consultants, an architect/designer.  We've  redone...

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Happy April Whatever!

As the celestial stars would have it, Dora and I had the luck of the Irish this month! While were making arrangements to join my cousin and his family down in Whitefish, I found out that they were heading back early. At the same time Dora was talking to her mother, who wanted to watch the boys for the weekend. DOUBLE SCORE!! (She volunteered or was coerced, not sure which really, but appreciated it the same!) Turns out our weekend with...

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