Day 1: 5 p.m. Meet in Alajuela at 5 p.m.
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Introductions and description of tour
Day 2: 9 a.m. Leave for Rivas
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Swim
2 p.m. Visit bamboo factory
4 p.m. Arrive at Montana Verde
5 p.m. Tour of coffee processing facility and ecological school
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Presentation of Montana Verde's activities
Day 3: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8.a.m. Make interpretive trail at Montana Verde
10 a.m. Plant native trees
Noon Lunch with SE women and children
1 p.m. Visit market in San Isidro
3 p.m. Meet women of the Senderos Esperanza program
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Talk about domestic violence in Costa Rica
Day 4: 7.a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Visit Senderos Esperanza farm and start project: installing water
system and/or methane biodigester
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Visit trapiche (sugar cane processing)
5 p.m. Visit home of Senderos Esperanza executive director
7 p.m. Talk on history and goals of the Senderos Esperanza program
Day 5: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Continue working on projects
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Visit hot springs
4 p.m. Visit women's cooperative native tree nursery
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Presentation on the El Semillero Living Seed Bank project
Day 6: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8.am. Plant trees in women's farm
Noon Lunch
3 p.m. Visit organic coffee plantation
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Talk on the implications of CAFTA
Day 7: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Work on projects
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Swim at Longo Mai
3 p.m. Visit primary forest
4 p.m. Process (and eat!) chocolate
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Discussion about Longo Mai as a refugee center
Day 8: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Work on projects
Noon Lunch at trout farm
1 p.m. Visit waterfall next to highest mountain in Costa Rica
5 p.m. Return to Montana Verde
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Future directions for the Senderos Esperanza farm
Day 9: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Finish up projects on farm
11 a.m. Dedication of project(s)
Noon Lunch
1 p.m. Leave for San Jose
5 p.m. Arrive in San Jose
6 p.m. Dinner
7 p.m. Wrap up session
Day 10: 7 a.m. Breakfast
8 a.m. Transportation to airport
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