Professor Troy Abel from Huxley College of the Environment and his students share their insights on ecological citizenship, political biogeography, and immersions in one of the most biologically intense places on the planet. Costa Rica is translated as rich coast, a name originating from Spanish conquistadors who mistakenly thought the land was filled with gold. Many now recognize that Costa Rica’s riches are more green than gold with more than 4 percent of the world’s estimated biodiversity. Costa Rica has universal health care, a longer life expectancy than the U.S., and no military. Only by expanding our attention to all of these facets can one begin to see “Ecotopia’s Prism,” or Costa Rica’s intersections of ecology, economy, and culture fostering and inhibiting sustainability.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The adventures of Erica, Bonnie, Sarah, Brandon, and "Jorge"-Downtown San Jose

An interesting building

Our tour guides....


Sarah, Erica, and Bonnie shopping downtown San Jose

Erica & Bonnie's new favorite fruit-Rambuton!



Today Bonnie and I (Erica), Sarah, Brandon, and Josh (who was told by our taxi driver that his name is Jorge) decided to go downtown San Jose. It was a sunny then stormy then sunny then very stormy day. We got dropped off at the Teatro Nacional Museo, but we were not allowed in because there was an event going on and the guys were "in use of shorts" (they were wearing shorts). It was very pretty from what we saw though!


Then we walked around downtown. We were sure to be very careful about watching our belongings since we knew it was a pretty risky area. At one time some guy came up to us yelling at Sarah to keep her camera on her wrist. He was trying to be helpful but yelled it pretty harshly!


Then I (Bonnie now) bought rambutan fruit at a fruit stand for Erica and I. It was delicious (Erica agrees)! We walked around more, stopping in various stores and stands. At one point the clouds got very dark and there was a downpour. We got some lunch at a small resaurant in Mercado Central (a local food court). Sarah, Erica and I ordered what we though were chicken quesidillas but turned out to turned out to be a couple tortillas with a couple small chicken drumsticks. It was still delicious!


We tried to call the taxi that dropped us off since we were told it was a roundtrip deal but were unable to get ahold of our driver. We wandered around trying to find a payphone but all of them were broken. We decided to learn out how to ride the bus and made it back home.


What a great adventure!

-Erica & Bonnie









( We are going to attach pictures of Rambuton fruit, us girls downtown with a bull, the boys being our tour guides, and a cool building)
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2 comments:

  1. Ginnie RoeglinJune 23, 2009 at 6:10 PM

    Sounds like a great day! We'll look forward to hearing about more of your adventures! Erica - Walter says hi. I took him for a run this morning. Love U!

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  2. UnknownJune 24, 2009 at 8:06 AM

    I'm loving this Blogging. Keep it coming so we can follow your daily excursions right along with you. BE SAFE and have fun girls. Sarah- Sophie misses you! Shannon

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