Posts Categorized: Guest Bloggers

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program This trip to Costa Rica has opened my eyes in so many ways. And I don’t mean to sounds like a lame college essay either! Back home, in the US, I’ve met all types of people but have never really had the chance to… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program So on Saturday I finally slept for more than 3-4 hours at a time and actually slept for close to 10 hours!! Woohoo! It felt so good to not have to get up for anything and just be able to lay in bed and relax. Sadly I… Read more »

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program The weekend trip to Manuel Antonio was surprisingly very successful! We were told it would be near impossible to get bus tickets the day of and definitely not seated. Some of us were skeptical but others, myself included, were ready to just wing it,… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program I have just finished up my time in Cusco I can´t believe its actually over! On Thursday night my parents and brother just got back into town so I took a taxi to pick up my brother since its hard for them to get around without me… Read more »

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program I take in stride all of the differences I’ve observed between the Latin American and North American cultures. One of my favorites is the ‘Adios’ I hear every time friends or acquaintances pass one another on the street. At first I was very confused… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program The week is really coming to a close so we’ve been trying to take advantage of our last few moments in Cusco. Monday was our first free afternoon I met up with some friends to go do some souvenir shopping. We met at the main central artesian… Read more »

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program During my first week in Costa Rica my host mother told me that another student was coming to live with us for two weeks. On Monday at school we did our introductions for the new students and afterwards I approached her with a hug… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program So having returned from Machu Picchu we all realized our time here was really coming to a close which is really quite frightening. But nonetheless MP seemed to refresh us and maybe we did get some of that supposed positive energy. When we were in MP the… Read more »

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program This past weekend I ventured to Jaco, a popular beach along the Pacific Coast. I had heard that I was going to a dirty, dangerous, very touristy area but these are not the words I would use to describe Jaco. I absolutely loved it… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program So I finally made it to Machu Picchu this weekend. For all the talk I had heard about it I figured it would be good but I didn’t know how good exactly. Well it definitely lived up to and exceeded all my expectations!! We were picked up… Read more »