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Feedback from Costa Rica VolunteersHere are some of the emails we have received from volunteers about their experiences in Costa RicaHearing only the sound of the ocean when you wake up in the morning, having the chance to see the beautiful sunsets every evening, watching the turtles run towards the sea, waking up at sunrise, waling through the forests, being away from society, away from the city etc. All of this has changed my perspective of life and of the material world. After living there, you truly see how useless all these things are and you never wasn�t to go back to the �civilized� life. I honesty did not want to leave anymore, it was truly a life changing experience and would do it again any time soon with great pleasure. Thank you GVN for making this possible this was one of the most wonderful experiences of my life, if not the most wonderful. I felt good again about myself, about life in general and people and the world. My perspective of the consuming world has completely turned around and I am glad to know finally we don�t need all these unnecessary things, we actually can live without them. I wasn�t sure I would be able to survive such a world, but not only did I survive it, I fell in love with it. Thank you for making this a life changing experience I will never ever regret. Isabelle I helped with relocating nest, digging nests, counting eggs, measuring and looking for any defects the turtle may have such as a scare or piece missing from her flipper or barnacles on her back. I scanned for ID chips, I recorded the information we were getting, I released babies and made sure they made it to sea. . . and as a bonus I got to do all this on beautiful moonlit or totally dark nights with a sky full of stars and shooting stars, while the sound and the sight of luminescent waves were crashing in. Simplicity at it's best what more could a person ask for. Pura Vida is truly the way here. The accommodations were very rudimentary to say the least but I did not miss one thing from home. I came to experience life here and I did that and I will return. Lynne |
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Climb Everest In October 2006 you have the opportunity to raise money for the Nepali Children's Fund. We're climbing the Base Camp of Mount Everest and you have the opportunity to join us.