In: Voluntourism
New Partnership to Help Indigenous Flood Victims
January 9, 2009In our special December newsletter we spoke about the floods that happened in Costa Rica and Panama in November. Thousands of…
Read MoreHojancha Community Christmas Party!
December 19, 2008The Hojancha Christmas party took place this week for the kids and community members we work with in the beautiful town…
Read MoreHow You Can Help Us This Christmas
November 17, 2008Our Christmas Projects need your help. Don't waste a beautiful opportunity to share joy this holiday season! Greetings! There are only…
Read MoreCounting Down to December…
November 12, 2008It is only 32 days and counting until our first Christmas Project. The lights and decorations are starting to go up…
Read MoreTeaching Kids on the Caribbean Coast – A Volunteer Memory
November 3, 2008The following is an entry written by our volunteer, Margherita Ladik, who came to us from Italy. Margherita volunteered with us…
Read MoreIt’s Christmas time already?
September 1, 2008As crazy as it sounds, we’re already preparing for our Tropical Adventures’ Christmas Projects. This is happening for two reasons: For…
Read More“The Most Memorable Experience of my Life.”
September 1, 2008Traveling to Costa Rica to volunteer with Tropical Adventures at La Escuela del Rio Negro was unmistakably the most memorable experience…
Read More“Come and Experience it Yourself.”
September 1, 2008My Testimonial Markus Berres My name is Markus and I’m from Zurich in Switzerland. After more than two months now…
Read MoreBambu & Puerto Viejo Testimonial. Becca & Kate
August 28, 2008We’ll be honest, the first day traveling to a foreign country where we barely speak the language is stressful to say…
Read MoreLa Flor Project Testimonial by Mark Fister. Utah, USA
August 28, 2008I, Mark Fister, and my daughters of ages 13 and 12 stayed with a host family for nearly two weeks in…
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