{"id":4376,"date":"2014-05-15T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4376"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:59:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:59:33","slug":"appreciating-the-beauty-of-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/appreciating-the-beauty-of-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Appreciating the Beauty of Costa Rica by Bianca Torres"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10300041_10203313370210645_7190555018035065546_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4472\" alt=\"10300041_10203313370210645_7190555018035065546_n\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10300041_10203313370210645_7190555018035065546_n-300x225.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a>This morning we counted sea grass. Afterwards we went kayaking.<\/p>\n<p>I would have never thought I would go kayaking in a beautiful ocean and into a river and back in Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>It was so peaceful and relaxing.<\/p>\n<p>We saw a sloth with her baby in a tree, two sea turtles come up for a breath of air in the ocean, and even red macaws fly by over the trees.<\/p>\n<p>The scenery and animals is something you cannot appreciate unless you see it yourself in person. Pictures aren&#8217;t enough but they are good reminders of this great experience.<\/p>\n<p>It has been awesome so far. We will be going on a waterfall tour tomorrow and I&#8217;m so excited for that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140511_165418-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4479\" alt=\"20140511_165418 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140511_165418-Copy-300x212.jpg\" width=\"272\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>Can&#8217;t wait to see the rainforest side of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n<p>In the picture is someone&#8217;s dog in the community we are staying at. She&#8217;s such a sweetheart and so pretty. \u2661<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nFollow us on:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SPCStudyAbroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"fb logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fb-logo.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/SPCStudyAbroad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/twitter-logo.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/stpetecollege\/study-abroad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pintest logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/pintest-logo.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLA201A05FC9F5F728\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"youtube logo\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/youtube-logo.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning we counted sea grass. Afterwards we went kayaking. I would have never thought I would go kayaking in a beautiful ocean and into a river and back in Costa Rica. It was so peaceful and relaxing. We saw a sloth with her baby in a tree, two sea turtles come up for a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/appreciating-the-beauty-of-costa-rica\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Appreciating the Beauty of Costa Rica by Bianca Torres<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-4376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-study-abroad","tag-costa-rica-vet-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22278,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4376\/revisions\/22278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}