January Term in Nicaragua
Greetings from Nicaragua,
I´m teaching an undergraduate field course in development here in Nicaragua this month. I have 18 participants from USF, St. Mary´s, and a couple college graduates.
We just spent the week up in the northwest of nicaragua in two protected reserves: volcan cosiguina and estero padre ramos. They were two of the most spectacular places I´ve been to in Nicaragua. They had some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen.
We studied conservation efforts, ecotourism, and how these fit into sustainable development. We stayed in nice hostels, camped in basic huts or on the beach, hiked up the volcano, boated and swam in the estuary, swam in the ocean, and much, much more. It was an incredible week.
We are now in Matagalpa and heading off to Selva Negra, an incredible ecolodge in the cloudforest of northern Nicaragua. There we will study international development and the coffee crisis, before heading off to spend several day in the campo, the rural area of nicaragua, with host families examining fair trade and free trade issues and the coffee crisis firsthand.
It´s a good group, albeit a bit large...Kelly and I have our hands full and feel like we are herding cats at time (luckily I have some experience with this...). I will try to email more once we have finished this northern section.
Nicaragua continues to embrace its visitors with a warm welcome and I know many of the students are already thinkging about when they can return.
I hope you had a wonderful new year. Best wishes for 2005.
Abrazos,
Alicia
I´m teaching an undergraduate field course in development here in Nicaragua this month. I have 18 participants from USF, St. Mary´s, and a couple college graduates.
We just spent the week up in the northwest of nicaragua in two protected reserves: volcan cosiguina and estero padre ramos. They were two of the most spectacular places I´ve been to in Nicaragua. They had some of the most beautiful beaches I have ever seen.
We studied conservation efforts, ecotourism, and how these fit into sustainable development. We stayed in nice hostels, camped in basic huts or on the beach, hiked up the volcano, boated and swam in the estuary, swam in the ocean, and much, much more. It was an incredible week.
We are now in Matagalpa and heading off to Selva Negra, an incredible ecolodge in the cloudforest of northern Nicaragua. There we will study international development and the coffee crisis, before heading off to spend several day in the campo, the rural area of nicaragua, with host families examining fair trade and free trade issues and the coffee crisis firsthand.
It´s a good group, albeit a bit large...Kelly and I have our hands full and feel like we are herding cats at time (luckily I have some experience with this...). I will try to email more once we have finished this northern section.
Nicaragua continues to embrace its visitors with a warm welcome and I know many of the students are already thinkging about when they can return.
I hope you had a wonderful new year. Best wishes for 2005.
Abrazos,
Alicia
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