Nov 04
Madre Verde foundation is one of our project partners located close to San Ramón, where our main office in Costa Rica is situated. Madre Verde Foundation is a private initiative, but it is run so that everybody who wants to contribute can do so.The main goal of Madre Verde is to maintain a water reserve for future generations of Palmares and the Central Plateau.
The staff and volunteers also maintain the area, build new hiking trails, provide environmental education to the elementary school children and take care of the butterfly garden.
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Oct 28
Last Wednesday, on October 26th, volunteer Raili Marks, Karina Hammond and I visited Madre Verde Foundation in Palmares. The purpose of the visit was to be part of a bird watching activity held by two biology students from the Universidad de Costa Rica.
We got up really early to be at the reserve at 6am. Upon arrival we realized that the activity actually started at 6:30am, so we waited a little longer to start the bird watching a bit later. This delay in the scheduled start time is known as “Tico time”, a very common Costa Rican saying, which refers to the fact that Costa Ricans usually start any activity much later than originally planned.
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Jun 20
As I was getting ready for one of my weekly duties ‘The Project Visit‘ , I could sense that today was going to be a beautiful day, though it was a bit foggy early in the morning you could actually sense the warmth rising. Meaw and I were taking Tiffany one of our volunteers to her project on the first day, Environmental Conservation Project in Madre Verde in Palmares. Read the rest of this entry »
May 06
Last weekend I went on a trip to Monteverde. It was about a 3-hour bus trip from San Ramon. We stayed at a hostel called Monteverde Backpackers. The gentleman who works at that hostel could not have been more accommodating. When we first arrived, we told him that we were going to a restaurant in town. He asked which restaurant and when we told him, he told us how expensive that specific place was. He then told us about a great little buffet-style restaurant close to the hostel. We thanked him for telling us about it, and went to check it out. The food ended up being incredible and we ate like kings (and queens) for about four dollars each.
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