Coffee Plantation

After we visited the Butterfly Farm we took a bus ride to the Coffee Plantation. The people who ran the tour were comedians/actors, who also walked us through the sight of the coffee plantation. They told us all the different stages that a coffee bean goes through until it is sold in the store and in your home brewing. We first walked through the plantation where there is an abundance of rainforest plants along with, of course, the coffee plants. They explained the proccess and how it begins with a little white flower and once the flower falls off it uncovers a grean bean. From there the layers of the bean are taken off until they reach the very middle which is the black coffee bean. Following the description was close to the end of the tour where the tour guides gave us a theatrical show. They asked for two helpers and Kara and Lane anxiously volunteered!

Butterfly Farm!!

Today we vistied The Butterfly Farm in Costa Rica!! This was agreat start to our trip! The seanery was beautiful and the butterflies were so so clue!! Are tour guide Danny was very fun and full of interesting facts. We learned about butterfly metemorphasis and saw each phase of the prossess. We saw eggs, larva(baby catapillers), catapillers, puppa(or cocoon) and of course the butterflies. We even got to see a butterfly hatch from its cocoon. This is a very rare thing to see and we Actually got to see 3 emerge today. We also got a chance to hold the butterflies! While expericing the butterflies our tour guide Dannie Gave us facts about the different species of butter flies and why the were given thier names. We also learned about the monarch butterfly and the migration paths they take! There was also creepy crawly things like the HUGE BROWN catapiller that eventualy truned into the Owl Butterfly. EWWWW LANE!!! The butterfly farm was a great experience and I am so excited for the rest of the trip!!!! PURA VIDA!!!! By: Kara Floyd :)

Arrival

Today we flew in to San Jose and then drove to the Costa Verde Inn. It's raining pretty hard, but it's a really cute, homey inn and everyone is really excited to be here. Tomorrow we'll have to be up bright and early to go to the butterfly farm.