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adventure. We tore down, re-built and repaired three classrooms; we built a new set of stairs
from the river up to the village; we each planted five native trees to offset the carbon
expended travelling to Costa Rica; we learned about native medicinal plants; we learned to
shoot a bow and arrow and we even learned a little bit of the indigenous language. Leaving
Yorkin was bittersweet, we’d have hot showers — but our adventure was coming to an end.
The next two days we weathered a big storm and zipped through the rain forest on steel
cables. A 4 a.m. wake-up call got us to the airport in time to make our 7 a.m. flight back to JFK.
4.
Chandler Zhang ’14 and Zhou Luo ’14 carry
fresh cut bamboo to be used in repairing one
of the classroom buildings.
5.
Dominique
DeFreece ’14 receiving a thatching lesson from
one of our indigenous hosts in Yorkin.
6.
(
Front
to back) Matt Fascaldi ’14, Chandler Zhang ’14
and Zhou Luo ’14 travel by dugout canoe up
the Yorkin river to the Bri Bri village of Yorkin.
7.
The crater of the Poás volcano.
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