This weekend some friends and I went to Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. It is located on the southwestern tip of the Peninsula de Osa and according to National Geographic is “the most biologically intense place on Earth in…

This weekend some friends and I went to Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica. It is located on the southwestern tip of the Peninsula de Osa and according to National Geographic is “the most biologically intense place on Earth in…
Both of the orientation programs I had when I came down to Costa Rica (one through KU that lasted an entire month and one through the Universidad de Costa Rica that lasted one day) involved dance lessons. I have to…
A few weeks ago, I was supposed to give a twenty-minute presentation about slavery in my Historia de Africa class at the Universidad de Costa Rica. Eventually all forty of my classmates and I would have to present, but a…
By Betsy Tampke Before I came to Costa Rica, I was warned about the machismo culture. I was warned that I would be yelled to, whistled at, and stared upon with hungry eyes. I was also told that as a…
This post is for my fellow female travelers. It is about avoiding stereotypes, and it is about avoiding that feeling that you stick out with a sore thumb because you are wearing a bright red dress with multi-colored stripes and…
WHERE? Lippincott Hall, room 203 FOR WHAT? To learn more about KU’s exchange program with the Universidad de Costa Rica, the longest running exchange program in the Western Hemisphere! Two KU staff members within the Universidad will be skyping in…
Don’t Fight the Ocean Betsy Tampke You are hot, sweaty, and tired when you finally reach the top of the cliff after hiking through the Costa Rican forest with three other girls on your two week study abroad trip and…
Ariane Tulloch studied abroad during the summer of 2013 on the Language and Culture in Nicaragua program. She studied Miskitu. I participated in KU’s study abroad program to Nicaragua. I had an interesting time studying abroad. My former professor suggested…
The University of Kansas Program in San Jose, Costa Rica, began in 1958 and remains the oldest exchange program in the Western Hemisphere. UCR’s fall semester begins in August and ends with final exams in mid-December, and spring semester begins…
by Marlene Koch This is part of one of my blog posts from “La Pura Vida” during my time abroad at the University of Costa Rica in San José from February-July 2013! Have you ever been dumped out of…