Today we are on our way to the river. National Geographic has this 18 mile run as one of their top 5 scenic runs on the planet for white water rafting. It is a beautiful sunny morning in Turrialba and the views of the Turrialba volcano are amazing. The Turrialba volcano is the second highest volcano in Costa Rica and since late 2009 has been smoking daily.
To start this special trip we wanted to take the kids to a special place for breakfast. We also offer these little extra rural touches for our Costa Rica Family Vacation packages. We are heading to a village in the mountains where we will enjoy a local breakfast and hang with the locals. This is an great place with incredible views of the volcano and not to mention the best plate of rice and beans you can imagine. I took some pics of the volcano this morning so you can take a look.
Another reason for visiting the village is that it is a village made up of many ladies without work. By contracting them to do the breakfast its a couple days pay for a few ladies. We also have them make bags that we give to each student. These bags are made out of recycled rice and coffee bags which we ask each student to use during the trip. The idea on the trip is that we dont use any plastic bags and we use the recycled bags that the ladies from the village made us. Its a great way for the kids to do their part with recycling and also a chance to give some work for the ladies in the community. I'm already in the village waiting for the group to arrive but here is the picture of the view of the volcano from breakfast and the small area in the village where we will be eating a very local breakfast with some of the best coffee around. They say Juan Valdez actually drinks Costa Rican coffee. I dont know if that is true but it makes for a great bumper sticker around here. Stay tuned more to come...
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