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Costa Rica Sabbatical ~ January - June 2001
Bill occupied an office in the Socioeconomica section at
CATIE. His
colleagues all pretty much spoke at least some 'ingles' -- his main office mate
was Eliecer Vargas, a 'tico'. Bill worked/studied the property rights of
Latin America, taught a couple short courses, and worked with extension folk
plus worked with CATIE regarding a possible joint Ph.D. program with Purdue.
He also worked on a university project jointly with Purdue post graduate Tamara
Benjamin. This involved traveling to Honduras a couple times to work with
the farmers -- what stories Bill has to tell from those trips! It was
great to have Jennifer and Monica visit in early March over spring break. We
visited Playa Bonita, a beach in Limon on the Caribbean, and the Guayabo
National Monument, an archaelogical site significant to CR. We saw a live,
but inactive, volcano (Volcan Arenal) and walked on its 1992 lava flow; and, of
course, the
Turrialba/CATIE
area. We visited Panama City early in April for tourist VISA purposes and
for Bill to visit CATIE offices at the City of Knowledge there. The trip
to Panama City also included a partial excursion on the Panama Canal!
Peggy volunteered her computer skills pertaining to web pages (paginas web)
while Samuel attended high school at Dr. Clodomiro Picado Colegio. A girl
in his class group was striving to become an exchange student in the states plus
there was an exchange student from Norway in his 'grupa colegio'. The
weather was warm and mostly sunny in Costa Rica, although there are many rainy
days, especially in Turrialba! The rainy season actually begins the end of
April!! The toucan in the 'window' picture below was one of three
that took up residence in our back yard for the last two months of our stay;
they were always defending their territory from the 'other' birds in our
windows! We met many new friends at CATIE that we will l-o-n-g remember,
besides the wild critters -- you know who you are should you visit this web
site! Besides not seeing more of the country, our only other regret was
our 'un pocito' Spanish speaking skills! Everyone, please enjoy the
pictures -- some are 'Hoover originals'. Be sure to check out the
additional web addresses for more on beautiful Costa Rica.
ˇHasta luego!
ˇBienvenidos! <~>
Costa Rica – A Photo Gallery of Links, etc:
http://www.danheller.com/costa-rica.html;
http://www.costaricaexpeditions.com/gallery/
Additional pictures of Costa Rica culture
and wildlife... CR Map
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CATIE Wallace (main) Bldg. (clear/clouds)
CATIE Lake/Volcan Turrialba in the clouds
Volcan Arenal near
LaFortuna, Costa Rica (still a live volcano) &
erupting!
Weekly Farmer's Market such as in Turrialba, CR
Sabbatical Page 2 - CR Map
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January - June 2001
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Sloth between our 'casa' and guardhouse
A toucan 'hola' from our back window!
Aracari collared toucans were sighted in our yard!
A rainforest view
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