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Pura Vida OTS: 2 Kinds of Paradise...
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Saturday, July 4, 2009. 2 Kinds of Paradise. The first one being Rincon de la Vieja. Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to Pura Vida. Hi, I'm Tiff Shao, a biology major in the class of 2012 at Duke University. I'm taking "Fundamentals of Tropical Biology" at the Organization for Tropical Studies in C...
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Pura Vida OTS: Midterm at Cuerici
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Friday, June 26, 2009. There is a white horse here named Neblina (‘Fog’ in Spanish) and there is also Carlos, property owner and mountain man extraordinaire who also happens to walk around with a machete at his waist. Too cool. View Costa Rica - OTS. In a larger map. I miss the mountains. But there is a lot to be learned here as well. June 30, 2009 at 12:55 PM.
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Pura Vida OTS: At the end of the road...
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Monday, July 13, 2009. At the end of the road. There are course evaluations, group photos, and a path that splits a thousand ways. Because at the start of the road there was just one, that road, but now we are at the end. And throughout this trip, I haven’t really talked about the people, mostly because it wasn’t essentially about the people. Yes, the mosquitoes we...
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Pura Vida OTS: Videos galore
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Wednesday, July 8, 2009. We have our final at 1 pm today, and I think I have time to post a few videos while studying. Here are some of the many memorable moments throughout this trip:. A mass of caterpillars moving as one in Las Cruces:. Coatis in Palo Verde are not afraid of humans:. Palo Verde, A Caddisfly larvae in its leaf-armor, crawling on my professor:.
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Pura Vida OTS: July 2009
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Monday, July 13, 2009. At the end of the road. There are course evaluations, group photos, and a path that splits a thousand ways. Because at the start of the road there was just one, that road, but now we are at the end. And throughout this trip, I haven’t really talked about the people, mostly because it wasn’t essentially about the people. Yes, the mosquitoes we...
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Pura Vida OTS: BioDIVERSITY
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Friday, June 19, 2009. Anyways, besides all the intellectual overload, let me share with you some rare moments that I've been lucky to capture on camera, or just creatures that are too beautiful for words:. Oh, and at the base of one of the stalks were these two lizards duking it out. I was able to get close enough to take this macro shot. A video, of course. Hi, I...
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Pura Vida OTS: May 2009
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Friday, May 29, 2009. An interesting part of this trip will be keeping a field notebook. Here is what it says on the syllabus:. 8220;Students are required to keep a field notebook throughout the semester. Information recorded in the notebook should include observations from field trips, orientation walks, plant taxonomy exercises, etc. I mostly do cartoonish and ta...
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Pura Vida OTS: April 2009
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. View Costa Rica - OTS. In a larger map. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Welcome to Pura Vida. Hi, I'm Tiff Shao, a biology major in the class of 2012 at Duke University. I'm taking "Fundamentals of Tropical Biology" at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica and sharing my experience with you. View Costa Rica - OTS in a larger map.
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Pura Vida OTS: Costa Rica is...
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A diary of study abroad at the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica, where "pura vida" is the way. Your host: Tiff Shao, Duke '12. Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Did you see that coming? Professor Alex Sloan's son), to a professor who is much older than any of us who teaches at the University of Oregon. Already the diversity is so great and the energy is so enriching, and we have yet to step foot in a rainforest. I'm excited, and I expect great things to happen. Above are pictures of El Sesteo. I wil...