http://marlboro.edublogs.org Marlboro On The Road Thu, 29 May 2008 23:29:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When we in America thought of home stays in a different country, we started thinking “Oh! This will really help me in my studies of this language. Well, maybe after spending enough time there I will be able to pick up some simple words.” But really,  home stays aren’t helping just ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/to-speak-or-not-to-speak/ We all had a topic before we went to Costa Rica, and I chose frogs. At first frogs seemed like a pretty easy topic-frogs are suppose to be everywhere in Costa Rica. But I only saw one species of toad. It was big and lumpy and looked like it would ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/costa-rica-frogs/ Ever since I was a little boy I’ve wanted one super power. Out of every choice I wanted to fly. It just looked so cool. Well, now I know that it is. I had this experience when I went to the Selvatura Park Canopy Tour in Santa Elena, Costa Rica. ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/zip-lines-in-costa-rica/ If you had a minor crisis on your hands, you would fix it, or at least try to, wouldn’t you? I certainly would, but I don’t think Costa Rica decided to attempt a fix. Why? Because maybe they can’t. What is this minor crisis? Roads and cars and trucks and everything ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/costa-rican-roads/ Costa Rica,  according to the guide books, is one of the world’s greatest sources for finding music of different sorts, and even genres mixed together to make something you’ve never heard before.  People say the country holds some of the world’s greatest dance, music, and singing competitions and also parties ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/music-in-costa-rica/ Despite less choice, Costa Ricans manage well on the foods they have.  Rice and beans are the staples, with lots of variation.  We had rice and beans every day but with different varieties; sometimes black and brown beans and sometimes yellow and white rice. At my home stay I had ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/27/food-in-costa-rica/      I am pretty scared of heights, but I love the adrenalin rush of being so high off the ground. I sort of disappointed myself in Costa Rica when we climbed the strangler fig tree. Everyone went either all the way to the top, or about half way, and I ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/the-excitement-of-trees/ There’s a kid riding down the highway coming from Monteverde thinking, “Costa Rica isn’t really as developed as I had thought; it’s actually not that bad at all.” I come down the highway and see Liberia. This area is developed, it’s a city. As I turn ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/is-ecotourism-really-ecotourism/     What I first noticed about Gilberto, a Costa Rican coffee farmer at Finca La Bella, was his pride.  He stood before our tired faces and slouched figures speaking exuberantly of his life on his family’s abundant coffee farm.  Finca La Bella is a cooperative of a bunch of different ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/finca-la-bella/     Ugh! Be QUIET! I pulled the heavy wool blanket down over my head and tried to block out the sounds of the WAY-too-early life at my Costa Rica home stay. I tossed onto my side and felt my wrist up and down until I found my watch and pressed ... http://marlboro.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/casa-de-blanca/