We have just arrived at Fortuna, at the base of Mt. Arenal. We went to the hanging bridges earlier today, saw a sloth (be excited Jullianne!), and are about to go get dinner.
In the last few days, I’ve learned so much. We talked to the father of Costa Rica conservation, Dan Janzen, and learned that fighting the government is not always the only way to enact change for conservation. It involves a large amount of give and take, on the conservationist’s part mostly.
The coolest thing I have to report in the last few days is that I am leaning heavily towards conservation work in the future…since we are keeping a journal here, and we haven’t really unpacked, I won’t muddy up my reasons for this sudden change in interests by trying to recall them now.
Anyways, we are coming up on decision time. Our course is about to split into two groups for a week, one will return to Monteverde (the cloud forest), and the other will head east to the Caribbean and will spend time moving around the coast there. I am leaning heavily towards the east, although the decision is not entirely my own. But if I get to go, I will get to visit a village of indigenous people, the Bribri! Anyways, as always, time is short to be blogging about stuff when there are creatures and sunsets and the like to see. I hope everyone is doing well at home and abroad
Pura Vida!
-Anthony
