Preparing to Depart

We are only one day from our departure!

Tomorrow morning Mr. Evans and I will board Delta flight 353, bound for the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica, embarking on six-day adventure to explore the Ecology, Geography, and natural wonders of this Central American nation.

We have been planning and looking forward to this journey for many months now. Costa Rica is a place that I have always wanted to visit, with its legendary ecological diversity and wealth of natural resources.

The more I read about the country, the more I am amazed at the confluence of Geography and preservation that have allowed Costa Rica to evolve into both a destination for Eco-tourists and an area of tremendously rich agricultural value.

Mr. Evans and I plan to see as much as we possibly can during our brief visit, packing in trips to a national park to see and hike an active volcano (Arenal--click here for details: http://www.arenal.net/arenal_volcano_national_park.htm), a zip line tour of the canopy of the Costa Rica's rain forest (http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/canopy/tour.htm), a visit to a working coffee plantation (http://www.centralamerica-photo.com/cafetal-orosi.php), and trips to both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts.

We'll be hunting for Internet cafes to send live updates, pictures, and video to you guys throughout our journey, and we'll be putting together ideas to share with our rising 7th graders. Please check back here daily, if you have time, to get a preview of what's in store for you this coming year!

I will be blogging about our adventure throughout the time we spend there, and I'll publish those posts whenever we can find Internet access.

If you have questions, ideas, or comments for us, please don't hesitate to write us! Just make a comment on a post and we'll do our best to respond. If you are feeling REALLY adventurous, write to us in Spanish! We are both looking forward to practicing our Spanish language skills while abroad.

That's all for now; the next time I write the journey will have begun!

Que tengamos suerte!