natalie w.

Today I went Mauritius Peru. I did something called undersea walking. Its kind of like scuba diving except you're walking. Solar powered pumps on the boat above the water feed oxygen to us so I can stay underwater for 15-20 minutes. I saw many different fish. One of them looked liked Nemo. I was really nervous I would come in contact with a shark, but I lucked out. The tour guide promised to keep us safe and happy.

Did you know that Machu Picchu is located in the Andean Mountain Range? I went on a hike and had so much fun! Machu Picchu is very ancient. Archeologists only had just discovered it in 1911. I made my way up the ancient Inca trail which was very long and tiring. I had so much fun learning more about Machu Picchu with the great tour guide who explained why scientists think such a
beautiful city had been deserted.





After a long day hiking, I decided I might as well explore Peru for great restaurant. I found one in Lima Peru called El Rincon Que No Conoces resterant. Teresa Izquiderdo was glad to serve an especially new costumer. She was very kind and made an especially delicious buffet of pots and pots of beans and great tripe.

Riley H.

                            Yesterday my class and I went to Argentina for a field trip, this is the story of my point of view. First, we went to the health spas, the people that worked there were very friendly to us even though we were very different to almost everybody in the region (including them), they were very relaxing. People just treated the mineral pool like a "pool" pool, witch was annoying.


                            Then we went to the beach (El Doradillo Beach if you want to be specific), witch went like most beach field trips, nobody was aloud to go into the water past their knees, and bad tasting "Just In Case" PB&J sandwiches for people that did not bring a packed lunch (BTW I can't eat PB&J because jelly makes me gag), and the students making racist jokes (that is a normal field trip thing, but this was a really bad place to do that). after that we went back on the plain, waited half an hour to make sure everybody was on the bus, then went home.

Tagen R.

7-17-09
What a glorious day to be in Costa Rica! We just barely got here but it feels and looks beautiful! We live right outside of Jaco (we live in San Jose). We live right next to the Jaco Beach! My family and I spent the whole day there relaxing in the sun and water. I was afraid a shark would eat me up, but as soon as I got in the water, I forgot all about sharks and just had a great time! When it started to get dark and the tide started rising, we ran back to the house as it started raining, there were smashed frogs in the road! Then thunder and lightning awoke and we ran quicker. We finally reached the house. We went inside, got in some dry clothes, and watched the storm brighten the sky. We watched as the ditches flooded with water. It was one weird yet exciting night!

7-21-09

Today we went into Jaco and found a store! It had food that looked American, but it didn't taste like it. Everything there is more sugary than in America, but it does taste really good, they mostly eat rice and beans anyway. The local things that we can't grow in Idaho, like mangoes, guava,  plantains, etc., are much better here. When we went back to the house, there were 2 dogs there! They looked kind of like Chihuahuas to me. One was tan/light brown, and the other was black. We named the light one Gringo and the dark one Dingo, like light and dark people. They were really cool dogs!

8-01-09

Today we traveled down to Panama. As we entered, there were people trying to jump on our car! It was scary since I was so young. After that, we drove for a while. Then we reached the Panama Canal! We stood at the rail where tourists can look down and see the whole canal. It was cool watching all the boats and ships crossing through. Some were ginormous! Others were teensy. It was fun to spend time with my family watching all the ships pass through. What a special day! Who gets to go back into America and show off living in Costa Rica and Panama for a whole year, especially when you're only 7 years old!