{"id":51798,"date":"2024-04-30T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carpediemeducation.org\/?p=51798"},"modified":"2024-04-30T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:40:12","slug":"spring2024_centralamerica_04302024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carpediemeducation.org\/spring2024_centralamerica_04302024\/","title":{"rendered":"Diving into Adventure: A Week in Drake Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Written by Central America Student, Danny Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n

We arrived in Drake Bay for the last week of the trip! Here we explored the biodiversity of the Pacific Ocean as through the week we completed our Padi Open Water Dive Scuba certification🤿. We were also fortunate to visit Corcovado National Reserve seeing many different animals native to Costa Rica. We saw different types of monkeys, a sloth, an anteater, a boa, and a bunch of other different animals!<\/p>\n

Our Top Highlights of the Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n

🤿🦈🐢 Completing our scuba certification allowed us to swim down and explore different coral reefs and see different marine life!<\/p>\n

☀️🌊🏝️ Spending time at the beach soaking up some sun and swimming in the Ocean.<\/p>\n

🦥🙊 Exploring Corcovado National Reserve with the help of our amazing guide, Erik, allowed us to see amazing animals in the wild.<\/p>\n

Challenges Faced<\/strong><\/h4>\n

As our trip was coming to an end, people started to struggle with the concept of coming back home. Living in Central America is such an immense change from living in the United States it\u2019s sometimes hard to make that transition back. There are different norms, different behaviors, and different cultures, so it can sometimes be hard to make such a big change so quickly.<\/p>\n

Personal Growth<\/strong><\/h4>\n

I have grown so much as a person since the start of this program. This program has helped me learn how to advocate for myself more in certain situations. Also, I feel like my overall maturity as a person has skyrocketed. I often find myself less anxious in situations that I used to not be able to handle and feel more prepared for things.<\/p>\n