Apartotel Maria Alexandra
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Arriving in Costa Rica!
Last night I arrived in Costa Rica!
Fittingly I stepped off the plane and it was raining and it never really stopped raining until this morning. I met up with Dr. Humphrey and another student at the airport and we took a taxi to the Maria Alexandra where we will be staying the next three weeks. Check out the pictures, its a pretty nice …
Tarrazu Cooperative and Guadalupe School
Don Ernesto is one of 2600 small farmers in the Tarrazu region that form part of Coopetarrazu. Our group arrived in the town center of San Marcos de Tarrazu for lunch and presentations by the cooperative leaders. The cooperative's community involvement and transparent business management aligns with Starbucks values and criteria for purchasing. Because of this, we buy 40% of their coffee at fair ...
Coffee At Home
... out, "Don Ernesto, why did you decide to grow coffee?"
"Destiny."
And a moment of heavy silence as he gathered his emotions to explain. He had worked in cattle, and due to life circumstances over 40 years ago, he changed to coffee and it has turned out to be a blessing. By the way his voice broke, we could all relate and teared up ourselves, for who hasn't been through difficult times and been ...
Coffee and Casinos
... sufficed if truth be known) - you couldn't fault the effort and commitment she threw into the cause.
Ana and I opted to have a little dabble on the roulette. We played a few spins of the wheel with little gain watching our initial small pile of chips slowly shrink but then in a moment of joyous luck we had a decent win, a little over 120,000 Colones - £150 - we decided to stop, enjoyed another glass of wine before heading back to the hotel ahead of an ...
Day 9
... Jose. More tomorrow..!
Day 9 Contd......
I thought today would be quite and we would relax by the pool. Anyway, this morning we took the monkey trail in the hotel. Due to heavy rains the path was very muddy. After the walk we had breakfast and went to the libraary and read some magazines. In the afternoon we took and nap and around 4:30 PM we went to the pool. There we met a couple Carmen and Louie. They came ...
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