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The Rainforest Experience
Costa RicaMarch 28 – April 5, 2014Field School GEMS
Students Attending: Abbie, Annika, Chandler, Marie, Sophie, Isabella, Lauren, Emma, Lucy, Gwen, Lily, Elin, Ally, Emma, Aurora, Maya, Anna, Kal
Chaperones: Mary Hill, Mary Trandem, Jeanne Yanish
Travelers
Traveling to Costa Rica
Hotel Robledal in Alajuela Costa Rica Breakfast at Hotel Robledal
MSP Airport Volcano from plane
Dining Delicacies
A Typical Costa Rican Meal
Rice and beans Salad A vegetable Your choice of
meat Plantains Juice or water
Casados
Vulcan Poas has an elevation of 8,885 ft.
It has expolded 39 times since the 1800s
Located in a cloud Forest
Laguna Botos is a crater filled with rainwater
Botos means boots in Spanish
Poas Volcano
Botos Lagoon
Life at the Field Station
Tirimbina
Nature Hike
Rainforest pathHog nosed pit viper
Two-toed Sloth
Blue Morph Butterfly“Hot Lips” flower
Nature Hike
Tirimbina RiverPoison Dart Frog
WoodpeckerUp to the Canopy
Leaf FrogWalking Palm
Studying Bats
White Water Rafting
Pura Vida
Coffee Cooperative
El Uno School
Games Across Cultures
Ant Farm
Sarapiqui River Boat Trip
Jesus Christ Lizard
Anhinga
Caiman
Iguana
Making Chocolate
Cacao Tree
Cacao pod
Chocolate Helpers
Elevation 5,479 ftLast major eruption 7/29/68
Volcano Arenal
Volcano Hike
Great CurassowWhite Throated Magpie Jay“Giraffe Tree”
Kapok Tree El Ceibo 400 years old Lava Rocks
Mentors and Guides
Costa Rican Beauty
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