Palm oil
January 10, 2020 in Costa Rica ⋅ ☀️ 82 °FDriving through the palm oil plantations. This used to be bananas, but palm oil grows better here.
Driving through the palm oil plantations. This used to be bananas, but palm oil grows better here.
Found a dead blue morphology butterfly. The color is so vibrant. Played with some lizards too.
Stopped along the way for this incredible waterfall. We also jumped out of our boats a few times.
We enjoyed rafting on the cleanest river in Costa Rica and either the cleanest or second cleanest river in Central America. The water was so clear.
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After a busy day and a half in the indigenous village, we spent a couple hours relaxing on the beach. The name of the beach comes from the holes carved into the limestone by the water.
Took a significant trek to a water hole. Great swimming. Some climbed the rocks to get to a waterfall.
Students are learning how to carve traditional masks from a local artist. Balsa trees are grown on his property for this purpose.
Pineapples grown commercially take 6 months to grow. But in the indigenous community, where they use no chemicals, it takes up to 10.
These facilities are part of the indigenous tribe’s tourism project. It is a way to create jobs in the local community and give people the ability to earn a living. Lack of jobs has been a reasonRead more
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