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April 04, 2007 02:41 PM EDT
(shared with group: April 06, 2007)
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Now well into my forties, I took a reprieve from a stressful management position and, with my husband, decided to move our family half-way across the U.S. to be closer to my aging parents. This meant . . .
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September 17, 2007 12:42 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 25, 2007)
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Dear all , some findings and
observations I wanted to share with you. Firstly I think we were all very successful and everyone was in good
humor for the dirty work . However on returning the next . . .
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September 09, 2007 07:11 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 21, 2007)
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Entry 14 – Our last day in the field
San Marcos de Tarrazú, 24 August 2007, 11:55 pm
Well, this is it. Today was our last day in the field. It was such a bittersweet day on so . . .
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September 09, 2007 05:33 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 13, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 21 August 2007, 7:05 pm
Today we visited one of the most beautiful farms I’ve seen so far. It was the farm of Rodrigo Solis. His father, Don Jaime, started . . .
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September 12, 2007 07:25 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 13, 2007)
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I am in the clouds and truly at peace. My soul is free to soar with the wind. I am ecstatic to have escaped the confinement of regular life. The fog is alive, reaching its wispy . . .
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September 04, 2007 07:30 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 11, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 18 August 2007, 10:00 pm
This morning my alarm rang at my usual 5:00 time. We were scheduled to go to another farm today. All told, by the end of next week, we . . .
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September 09, 2007 06:26 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 11, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 22 August 2007, 11:15 pm
This morning we worked on what I consider to be one of the most organized farms so far, the farm of Don Ernesto Chacon. He was born in San . . .
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September 09, 2007 06:42 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 11, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 23 August 2007, 8:30 pm
Today we went to a farm that was called Miramar because it was a coffee farm where one can see (mira) the ocean (mar). It was a beautiful . . .
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September 06, 2007 01:04 AM EDT
(shared with group: September 11, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 19 August 2007, 8:30 pm
Today was our free day so we got to sleep in super late. Till 6 am. We got up and got ready to go to a national park about an hour’s . . .
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September 07, 2007 12:34 AM EDT
(shared with group: September 07, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazu, 21 August 2007, 5:10 am
Yesterday morning, Monday, we got back to work on a coffee farm. We went to the farm of Roberto Naranjo. Because it was a holiday (Mother’s . . .
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September 05, 2007 01:27 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 06, 2007)
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Hello,
I wrote a Novel and entered it into the Romance gather Contest. My novel includes several present day conflicts/ problems that are going on in the world today: . . .
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September 02, 2007 11:55 AM EDT
(shared with group: September 04, 2007)
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El Marquez de Tarrazú, 17 August 2007, 4:00 pm
Last night’s dinner was really fun at La Vaca Flaca. The restaurant was set up like a log cabin with a stuffed cow out front. As . . .
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August 29, 2007 07:37 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 13 August 2007, 10:15 pm
This morning marked the beginning of the day for us to head to San Marcos de Tarrazú, the area where we will be spending the next two weeks . . .
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August 29, 2007 07:57 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazú, 14 August 2007, 6:00 pm
Last night was my first night sleeping in rural San Marcos de Tarrazú. Even though the days are very hot and humid, nighttime is cold . . .
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August 13, 2007 12:51 AM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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San Francisco, 10 August 2007, 9:15 pm.
Well, this is it. I’m leaving for Costa Rica in a few hours. I decided to take a red-eye so I could sleep on the plane and get to San José . . .
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August 13, 2007 01:31 AM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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Santo Domingo, 12 August 2007, 9:25 pm.
Already I can tell this trip is going to be full of surprises.
I got to SFO before midnight Friday night and ran into one of my closest friends, Cory, at the airport. . . .
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August 29, 2007 08:09 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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San Marcos de Tarrazu, 16 August 2007, 9:15 pm
Today was our first day heading to a coffee farm to work in the field. At 5:00 am, I got up to shower and get ready for the day, do the wake-up calls, . . .
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August 30, 2007 08:04 PM EDT
(shared with group: September 01, 2007)
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El Marquez de Tarrazú, 16 August 2007, 3:15 pm
Today was our second day in the field. The farmer and owner of the farm Victorino Valverde, who is nicknamed Ninito, was there to welcome us, . . .
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August 24, 2007 09:41 AM EDT
(shared with group: August 27, 2007)
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It’s completely correct to say that home is the best place in the world. After all, it is the place where your loved ones are and where you can always be yourself. But once in a while, one needs . . .
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April 30, 2007 09:50 PM EDT
(shared with group: August 13, 2007)
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It’s true that it only takes a small group of citizens to change the world. But it’s important that these groups not operate in a vacuum.
It was while working as a store manager for . . .
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This is an online community for all discussions about sustainability, development and the environment. Travelers from the Starbucks Earthwatch Expedition 2007 will be posting their travel blogs to share their amazing experience. Through this group, we hope you find the inspiration to live a more sustainable life and share your progress and thoughts with us as well.
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