Costa Rica's Astonishing People

After breakfast we made our way out to visit another rural school. We take the main road and then the last mile is on a rocky road up hill. I told the kids that the bus could not make it up the hill and that we had to walk. I dont think there was anything wrong with having the kids walk a bit on there vacation in Costa Rica? By the time we all made it to the top everyone was sweating on this hot sunny day. Yesterday I gave each kid a water bottle and told them to bring it along for the hike. Minutes after arriving all the bottles were empty. I then called the bus driver and told him to go ahead and drive up the hill. When we arrived here at the school Jheudy started asking some of the kids how long they have to walk to get to school. The girl that had the longest trip was 2 hours and she must have been around 8 years old. We had the kids walk the hill to just try and get an idea of what these kids do everyday just to get a half day of education in two small little classrooms. This is also a school that has never had visitors which means it is the first time a lot of these kids have been around people from another country. The visit is going well and one of the little kids just challenged me to race him on the soccer field. I will let you know who won but I have a feeling this kid will smoke me. I have hiking boots on and he has been running barefoot up mountains since the day he was born. Enjoy the pics and thanks to everyone for the comments. They have made for some great laughs in the bus when I read them. The picture of the sloth is from yesterday on Griffin's camera taken through Jheudy's telescope.

The school visits have to be one of the most important stops during a student travel trip to Costa Rica. We can even include them in a family vacation during your stay. If you want to plan a Costa Rica adventure trip with us we can include visits like this if your interested?