Today started out early in the morning, letting out the morning sleepiness with a bit of yoga practice. After that was done, students finished any last-minute packing preparations and ate breakfast (eggs and pancakes; delicious as usual). When our guide Bryan finished loading our suitcases on top of the bus, we began the process of getting ourselves situated for the long ride ahead. We had just been briefed earlier about the itinerary, which involved us piling ourselves and all our things into the bus and traveling for around 5 hours to our beach AirBNB. During the trip, we took two stops. The first was in the small, picturesque town of La Fortuna, which had bordered Ranch Margot for the entirety of our stay. In our short stay, we disembarked the bus after around 45 minute of driving, and were given around half and hour to do some small souvenir shopping, an activity that had been absent for most of the trip. There were a couple things of note that I observed, including painted wo...
Today we started out the day with a refreshing yoga class. We practiced connecting with ourselves and our breathing with help of calming nature sounds. This was very relaxing and helped wake the students up and bring them into the day with a calm attitude, and good intentions. After yoga, we had a breakfast of fresh fruit and eggs produced here on the ranch. The food was delicious, and we were all very satisfied and were ready to begin our day. Our first-class of the day was a class on microorganisms. In this class, we learned about why microorganisms are important to the farm's work. One of Rancho Margot's main missions is to practice organic farming with no chemicals on the farm. Due to this, they must be careful about how they uphold cleanliness without the use of pesticides and chemicals. To do this, Rancho Margot has found a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to clean equipment such as the septic tank, by using microorganisms. To understand this concept, our ...
Gabe getting his birthday cake and hat Playing soccer for Gabe's birthday against other people staying at the resort Everyone waiting for someone to cut the cake Post birthday soccer photo with the players Some morning yoga poses Even more yoga fun
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