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MEI Backpackers, Puerto Quepos (2026)

10/08/2019

Thinking back to our wonderful last night of the trip. We enjoyed a nice dinner in a nearby town with a beautiful marina sunset greeting us as we arrived. The backpackers sure clean up nice 🤩 @ Playa Manuel Antonio Quepos

09/08/2019

Busy morning preparing for exam day. Only a few more hours until the Backpackers are finished with their English and Biology courses! Way to go everyone! 🙌🏼🎉 @ Playa Manuel Antonio Quepos

07/08/2019

What Transmission do Costa Rican's Use? Manuel (Antonio)

Oh, how the cloud forest certainly lives up to its name! It was 7:00am and the Backpackers awoke to the scattered sounds of the rain and wind over the roof of Bungalow B. What a lovely and rewarding surprise it was to wake up to a “stay in bed guys, no workout today” text from Alex, or should we say our very own personal trainer, keeping us in tip top shape for the past four weeks. After a mildly stressful night of cramming our final two biology assignments, as well as prominently editing and revising our essays, it was nice to wake up with a feeling of success in getting things done, as this continued to stay as a theme for the following two days. As the Backpackers once again filled up with caffeine for breakfast, it was a bittersweet feeling of leaving the kind staff of UGA, but the persistent thought was lingering in all of our minds: we were about to embark on our final destination as a family. The rooms were swept out, our bags in the bus, Carlo initiated his classic “ROLL CALL” and off we were. Goodbye Monteverde, and hello Manuel Antonio!

Subsequent to the engine igniting, it was indeed a sight to observe plenty of cows crossing the streets, rather than people. As we had a five-hour bumpy bus ride ahead of us, this was a good opportunity to study for the biology ISU, striving for that feeling of success as we dive straight into exam week. Midway through our adventure, we made a stop at a restaurant near Jacó, and attached to this restaurant was indeed the largest souvenir store that the majority of us have ever laid eyes on! Successful choices were made on what to purchase, ranging from colourful headbands to 70% cocoa, whatever we could find to immerse ourselves in the culture of Costa Rica. As we were simultaneously distracted by watching the rolling waves on the coast through the bus window, in what felt like a split second, we had arrived at the beautiful La Mariposa Hotel. The Backpackers immediately dropped everything and raced to observe the stunning view from the sun deck of what we were going to call home for the next eight days. “Anyone wanna swim out to that island?” Cora sarcastically exclaimed whilst we were gazing out into the ocean, lost in the views of the surfers, para-sailors, and jet skiers ripping around in the big old blue.

The feeling of success was felt once again, we had made it this far in our 35-day adventure. As we had a lovely four-hour spree of free time, while some choose to bask in the infinity pool, others used the few hours that we had to perfect our chromosomal mutation presentations. For the first time in what felt like forever, it truly was a treat to have a menu in front of our faces. The freedom of choosing what we ate sure was a rewarding delight. “These fries are fuego” said Emily, demonstrating her Spanish talents once again. Onward, what a fun and successful night of presentations it was. Many presentations involved “Kahoot” games to earn those extra marks, which was a fun and competitive way to finish off the day. As much sleep was needed after yet again another eventful travel day, the Backpackers arrived back to their spacious rooms of the La Mariposa, and reviewed everything from macromolecules to the thyroid gland, in preparation for the first round ISUs taking place the following day.

After a well-deserved rest and receiving another text message “we will allow a light sleep in see you at 8am for breakfast” we were stoked to soak in another hour of sleep and prepare to aim for success with our ISUs. It was an overcast day, yet the sun made its way through the clouds as the Backpackers munched down on a luxurious breakfast buffet. French toast to omeletes, to once again questionable soursop (or guanabana, if you will), it was all laid out for us to devour in delight. What a relaxing day it was, at least for those who did not have their biology ISU. With the plenty of hours that most had to edit the comparative essays, a variety of animals greeted us through our jungle lookout, including monkeys munching on lychees for lunch, and toucans and macaws soaring through the trees. On the other hand, a variety of tasteful vulgarities were tossed through the air, regarding the cockroach situation for our friends residing on the bottom floor. Regardless, we were all happy to have Carlo announce that we will be transferring rooms, phew!

A short walk away from the Mariposa, we stumbled upon the Barba Roja for a celebratory dinner, in honour of finishing a successful day of round 1 for biology ISUs. Our live singer and guitarist sure kept our table’s spirits alive, and as he played Stairway to Heaven this sure made Jordan’s face lit up. Our meals came shortly, and an adorable black and white cat kept us company as we devoured our variety of food, ranging from pasta to tacos. “These fries are better than McDonalds” exclaimed Nicole, which made us feel a little more far from home. The mix of slight stress and relaxation resulted in a successful day. Manuel Antonio has treated us well so far, and onto the homestretch we go!

Sera Watson
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06/08/2019

Imagine doing your exam review from this chill spot 😎💦 @ Hotel La Mariposa

04/08/2019

It was no surprise that the day had to start off with another early 6:30am rise, as it had been for the past 28 days. At least the obnoxious parrots are a slighter better alarm clock than our anxiety-provoking phones. We readily woke up from our dreams about tarantulas and snakes from the night hike the previous day, and were all set to tackle yet another busy day in Monteverde. The rain’s mist fogged up the sky and it acted as a cool, refreshing wake up call as we stepped out the door. Here at the UGA centre, the cooler mountainous climate has reminded us of back home and has been a much needed break from sunburns and the humidity. We all headed down to the soccer field for our morning workout where we played an intense game of football. For that half hour, no one thought about the assignments we had to get done that night. No one worried about the hard work, exam prep, essay writing or anything we had on our to-do-list. We were simply playing the game, investing in that moment only and enjoying it. No one wanted to leave the game tied, but we debated whether finishing up the game was more important than breakfast. We decided that food takes priority, as it always does. So, we headed over to the cafeteria for a classic breakfast of rice, beans, eggs, watermelon, banana. Only today, we were delighted to see the cooks changing it up with some French toast. “Only 7 more days of rice and beans” exclaimed Grace. “I think I’m gonna go through withdrawal.” I think we can all agree with that statement unfortunately, as nice as it will be to have home cooked meals.

We spent the next hour or so in our rooms in a deeper headspace, contemplating failure in our lives and working on our morning note following that theme. How has failure shaped us as a person and can you succeed without it? All us backpackers scrambled to write our thoughts down and reflect. We all know by now that we can’t afford to fall behind. Time cannot be wasted and every second is another chance to prepare yourself for success. With this constant busyness, comes exhaustion. Knowing that we would be in desperate need of some caffeine by now, Carlo had booked a tour of a coffee farm in the afternoon. I think we can all say that it was perfect timing.

Before heading to the coffee plantation, we refuelled our bodies and brains with some really “strange” star fruit juice, shrimp fried rice, and salad for lunch, and then were off. We had only walked for twenty minutes away from the UGA Centre till the heavenly aroma of coffee filled the air. We were welcomed into the property by two adorable dogs and they led us down the driveway to the main farm house. We were all happy to be able to finally pet an animal that wasn’t infested with fleas or that couldn’t potentially give us rabies. The owner of the farm, who had been working there for the past 26 years following in the footsteps of his dad and uncle, shared his background in the coffee business and the farm’s history. Thankfully the translator repeated everything so that we could all understand more than just the words “ hola” and “café”. The process was far simpler than we had expected, but still took tiring labour and time. The coffee plant itself takes 3 years before the cherry fruit is grown and picked.

Now that our tour was over, the best part had come. It was time for the ultimate test. Would this coffee taste as good as it had been hyped up to be? Well to say the least, it surpassed our expectations. As soon as people tried their first sip, there was buzz of excitement throughout the group. As a collective group, it was without a doubt the best coffee we’d ever tasted. Even the non coffee drinkers agreed with that. Cora, who never liked the taste of the drink before, ended up drinking two cups and bought a bag. As she put it, “this coffee is truly life changing!”. How are we supposed to go back to drinking at Tim Hortons after knowing coffee’s full flavour potential?

By around three o’clock, we were ready to leave. We had bought out their whole coffee shelf and there were no more raw display coffee beans leftover, after we had finished snacking on them. We headed back to the UGA Centre, and now buzzed with energy, we were ready to finish up our football game. The pouring rain and wet grass didn’t stop us from cranking up the intensity. After a good catch in the end zone by Cora and a solid defensive play from Keon, Team Yajuars ended up with the win.

We all sang “Happy Birthday” for Emma at dinner and the whole cafeteria joined along. We quickly shoved down our food so that we could maximize our time to prepare for our rant performances. Rant night was filled to the brim with passion, loudness, and intensity. From topics ranging from abortion rights, to the power of rock and roll music, we covered just about everything. The evening ended on a very strong note, but the night didn’t stop there, as much as we wanted it to. There were still essays to be written, biology assignments to be completed, and biology ISUs to sign up for. In the library, we waited for the ISU sign up list to be posted. Everyone’s eyes were glued on their laptop screens, refreshing our emails every two seconds, having our fingers on the command-C buttons so that we were ready to paste our names into the right time slot. This sign up sheet was life or death because would decide whether someone had one or two days more to study. “It’s out, it’s out, It’s out!!” Jordan yelled over the tasteful vulgarities being shouted by others. “I got Sunday! No I actually took second spot. No, I want Monday!.” he continued. Thankfully, our heart rates returned back to normal once the stressful race to sign up had finished.

As the night progressed, we motivated each other to keep productivity and we were all extremely thankful for the caffeine. We used our valuable time wisely and prepared ourselves for the stressful last week ahead of us. With only 7 more days in Costa Rica, The Backpackers strive to enjoy each and every minute we have left together and live presently. After all, the beauty of where we are right now, is pretty hard to beat.

Tori Farkas
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02/08/2019

The Guanabanas vs. The Yajuars

For us Backpackers, today centred around community in more ways than one. We started out the day with an unnecessarily early wake up, we all thought that breakfast was at 7:00 instead of 7:30. Arriving at the cafeteria tired and hungry, only to wait half an hour for food, was a bad start but it was worth it for a sensational breakfast of fresh juicy pineapple and mango, beans and rice, cheese and fluffy pancakes. Over breakfast we found ourselves missing Canada’s maple syrup as we had molasses syrup on our pancakes, and simultaneously dreading the idea of leaving each other and the community we have made together when we realized how little time we had left before parting ways.

After breakfast we had a team meeting which turned out to be a restoration circle. Although it was an intense experience that yielded many tears, we all came out of it feeling better having strengthened the bond between our little community through our openness and honesty,”I think that this circle made us stronger and closer and helped clear the air.”, Nicole said during the circle, and truer words could not have been uttered. Keeping us on the track of thinking about our MEI community we were assigned questions about community, and our role in MEI’s, for our morning note.

After a heavy start to the morning we were in dire need of a carefree activity and we found it in a spirited game of soccer, featuring Sera’s many amazing plays, and an even more spirited and competitive set of volleyball, with the aid of our group’s newest member, Juanito the volleyball, Alex’s son. At this point a divide formed in our MEI community between the teams as we competed to either redeem ourselves or hold our title. The Guanabanas (soursops) were looking for a win after their painful loses yesterday. The Guanabanas won the first game with the help or Tori’s wicked serves, and the Jaguars, with many digs from Jordan, Keon and Grace, the second. A tie that would have to wait to be settled as it was time for lunch which consisted consisted of rice(surprise), beans, salad, cooked vegetables, and fish.

An emotional yet freeing morning gave way to a highly academic afternoon of over two hours of bio lectures from Alex, interspersed with the input of surrounding birds, in which he had us meditate and yelled once we got focused to try and simulate a fight or flight response. Unfortunately most people knew not to trust the calmness in biology class, but it did work on some people, “I thought there was a snake in the classroom!”, Emma recounted.

After a thirty minute break we were back at it again with an english lesson from Carlo on Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, which wasn’t nearly as alien as it sounded, in which we analyzed some of our favourite ads looking for the methods of advertisement we had just learned.

After over three hours of lessons it was finally time for the last volleyball game to determine the final winner. After a long game fulls of shrieks of any kind imaginable, with the help of Juanito, the Guanabans prevailed winning the game 21 to 16 and the set. After that was settled our community reformed and it was off to dinner which was very similar to lunch, with the exception of pork instead of fish, which Carlo, Alex, and Sarah insisted on dousing in what they claim to be “the best hot sauce ever”, and soon felt the repercussions of that choice starting their own subcommunity of people in pain due to hot sauce. Sarah had the sense to stop eating when her mouth started burning, Alex and Carlo had no such sense and spent the rest of the meal in pain and in Alex’s case, red-faced and sweating. The highlight of the dinner was delicious Costa Rican banana bread topped with a sweet sauce mixed with coconut shavings for dessert, “Can I have yours!”, Jordan pleaded to Kiyomi always wanting more dessert, especially this one.

After dinner we were free to do as we chose, which turned into stress driven studying in the library and our rooms for our upcoming biology test and work on our various assignments, but as long as we are together we still find a way to have fun. All in all, another amazing day in with our MEI community in Monteverde.

- Laura Crone
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01/08/2019

Volcanos and Poetry and Bats, Oh My!

No alarm clocks were needed for the Backpackers this morning as the sound of a flock of birds was sure to fill all of our eardrums! Nothing like an abrupt wake up call after a well deserved rest. Initially we woke to think that we would be playing another game of basketball, however it was quite a surprise when Sarah messaged the group chat and informed us, “water workout today kiddos!” It took us a bit of time and courage to fully prepare ourselves to jump in the water, which was not as warm as we had anticipated. Although courage was not the morning note topic of the day, it sure happened to present itself quite frequently, making it the theme of today!

We dispersed around the pool and Alex began to guide us through some exercises that sure got our blood pumping in preparation for our jam packed day. Following this, we headed down to the eating area. “They are finally serving pancakes!” Grace declared. This comment caught everybody’s attention and they were definitely a hit. Lychee fruit was served as well which is now a crowd favourite, along with rice, beans, cereal, scrambled eggs and orange juice. Morning note was next, todays topic focused on luck. After about a thirty minute period of self reflection, we all met back up for some bio review before our genetics unit test. Quickly after we had all finished the test, we got fully prepared to head down to the town of La Fortuna.
We separated into three taxis and set off down another windy road. Once we arrived in town, we all went our separate ways to find some lunch. As all of us began to explore the beautifully busy town, it began to drizzle. To our surprise, this caused the clouds to part the sky and left behind a magnificent view of the Arenal Volcano. “Big volcano vibes” stated Lucas as he looked upon the enormous rock formation. It is difficult to believe it has been standing for 7,000 years and the last eruption was only 9 years ago.

There were endless opportunities to purchase souvenirs such as local coffee beans, keychains, jewelry, stickers, and some delicious chocolate from ChocoMuseo. A large marching band consisting of children and teenagers filled the street. The music they played brought smiles to our faces and was for sure a highlight of the day. They continued to move down the street, pausing the chaos for a brief moment. Although we wished we could have stayed a little while longer, we had to start heading back.
Once arriving back at home, a few of us took a quick dip in the pool. It was a nice, relaxing swim and a perfect refresher before our bio lesson which introduced homeostasis. After this lecture we had roughly an hour of free time which many of us spent preparing for our spoken word poems, which would commence after dinner. The sun had set and it was time to eat. Carlo was ecstatic when he learned that the majority of tonights dinner was cooked on the barbecue, or “barbacoa” as he kept referring to with such excitement. The food was fabulous as always, pico de gallo, chicken, sausage, tortillas, refried beans, corn and potatoes sure made our bellies full. Emma described this meal as “super bien”, which the rest of us could not have agreed with more!

After a relaxing family dinner, we were given a presentation all about bats, thanks to Night Wings Project. We learned about different species and their importance in all ecosystems. Did you know that 150 brown bats can eat up to 33,000,000 insects every single night? We were also extremely surprised to hear this and even though all of us have numerous mosquito bites already, I think we were all able to take a step back to thank the bats that we are not covered in even more . The presentation ended with the Backpackers coming inches within a tiny bat. We watched her fly off afterwards and I think that now we all have an extremely different perception of the species.

The time we had so anxiously awaited had finally arrived, the time to present our spoken word poems in front of the rest of the group. Courage is a word you could associate with this task. It took immense courage for all of us to get up in front of fifteen other people we have known for the short span of three weeks and present something in which we created. Three minutes of vulnerability and overwhelming feelings, but all of us rose to the occasion and delivered phenomenal performances. Most touched on incredibly emotional topics, leaving almost all of us in tears. Nicole luckily came to our rescue and presented hers very last, leaving us all with smiles on our faces while tears continued to stream down our cheeks. Carlo insisted we take the rest of the night off so we all took advantage of this, some relaxing by the pool and others grinding the rest of morning note. Overall, it was an extremely emotional and eye opening day for the Backpackers, a good nights sleep was much needed.

-Emily Sakaguchi
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31/07/2019

July 30th 2019

It’s 7:30 am and we realize we get an extra 30 minutes of rest because it is storming so our workout won’t commence. We meet at 8 am in the breakfast hall for rice and beans, toast, and many people’s new favourite fruit, lychees. After that, we work on our morning note, which many of us are quite behind on, but are taking advantage of the extra time we get today to catch up.

By the time our English lesson rolls around the air is beautifully cool, but throughout the lesson it slowly returned to the normal hot and muggy climate. We continue on to our Biology lesson which is filled with a plethora of bad Bio jokes such as “what does a teenage boy and DNA Helicase have in common? They both want to unzip your genes!” The Bio jokes only receive some forced laughter as everyone is itching to go to the Baldi hotsprings!

We gather in the dining room for lunch and are greeted by the amazing kitchen staff, as we always are. Our lunch is an delicious chicken and bean soup, rice, and chicken cordon bleu. In anticipation of the relaxing afternoon to come, everyone is sure to eat quickly.

We then gather up our stuff and pile into the bus. The ride feels like an eternity because we anticipate the bliss to come. When we get to the Baldi hotsprings we all get our wrist bands and pay for lockers. After we put our stuff into lockers, we rush through the hotsprings to decide which one we will enter first.

The Baldi hotsprings consists of 25 different geothermal pools ranging in temperatures from 68°F to 152°F with breathtaking views of the volcano. There was also a natural sauna created by some hotspring water falls that flow into a cave which was lit by many different coloured lights to make you feel completely relaxed.

Once people get into their hotspring of choice based on temperature, they listen to the sounds of waterfalls, the chirping of the local birds and relax into a chair within the hot springs. You can hear remarks of “this is exactly what I needed” “This is blissful” and Emma went even further to say they she is totally “zenned” out. The hot water also gives us relief from the constant itching of our bug bite infested legs which helps in the relaxation process.

We spend 4.5 hours exploring the hot springs, and some people decide to go down some of the slides they have at the hotsprings which turns out to be the exact opposite of relaxing. They were extremely fast and bumpy and left people bruised, but nothing could ruin the bliss and serenity felt while in the hot springs.

After we finish in the hot springs we meet at the restaurant of the Baldi hot springs for a dinner at the buffet. Some people decide to take advantage of this opportunity more than others. Alex says that “you have to try everything or else you might miss out”. He proves this to be his philosophy after eating 8 plates of food from the buffet ranging from chicken to fruit to pasta to dessert, sometimes all on the same plate.

We then get back on the bus feeling relaxed and at ease after the last few hectic days that preceded, with Biology tests and an English spoken word assignment which proved to be somewhat emotional. We get back to the hotel at around 9, we pack up our bags at a leisurely pace after finding a new sense of calm at the hot springs earlier that day in preparation for our departure to the eco lodge tomorrow.

- Bridget Patterson
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30/07/2019

Morning note amongst the trees and wildlife of the Cloud Forest, contemplating pessimism vs optimism 📖

28/07/2019

Flying Through the Trees

The early bird gets the worm, right? Well consider us that bird! Today is the second morning we woke up in beautiful La Fortuna, huge fawns and birds of paradise all around us and a fantastic view of a volcanoes and a lush forest to start the day. This morning we headed bleary eyed and bed headed to the basketball court, a few minutes walk from our cabins. We quickly woke up as Carlos and Alex confidently ran circles around us. When Carlos changed into his Toronto Raptors jersey, we knew that he meant business. Cora shot a beautiful three pointer which was met by cheers from all teams. Lucas was confidently ready in every passing lane, ready to shut people down and turn the play around. After our exhilarating game of basketball, we had a big breakfast of eggs, cheese empanadas, beans with rice and orange juice. We had some time to reflect on confidence before we headed out for half a day of zip lining. Today was going to take some confidence from everyone, even if we weren’t afraid of heights.

We did a quick roll call on the bus then we were off, driving back through the beautiful and lively town of La Fortuna towards the somewhat cloudy rain forest where today’s grand adventure was to begin. We had about an hour drive to get from Villas Josipek where we’re staying, to sky adventures. Everyone used their time wisely on the bus ride. Knowing that we had a genetics debate to prepare for, notebooks and laptops were out, and everyone was working on their arguments. We were all joking with the opposition and everything stayed civil and lighthearted on our beautiful bus ride. We drove through the lush green forests that we are coming to know as home here in Costa Rica. The scenery is lush, green and full, a great contrast to places like San Ignacio. We arrived early to Sky Adventures where we were going to do our zip lining tour, so the backpackers made use of their time and worked on finishing morning notes. We were treated with a towering view of the treetops of the rainforest and a stunning lake just past the trees. Our guide explained that on clear days, you could see not one, not two but three volcanoes past the lake! We were treated to a quick dance while we waited.

10:30am ticked around and we eagerly suited up in helmets and harnesses and, with varying levels of confidence boarded the sky train gondola which dropped us off at our first zip line. We quickly took a group picture before a half-completed statue and the stunning view.

As Laura bravely went first down the zip line, Emily exclaimed “I’m ecstatic right now!” We all felt the same, with a little bit of nervousness mixed in. We each confidently stepped up to the platform and flew down the line, often screaming in excitement and exhilaration. We flew 200 metres above the ground with breathtaking views and sights on all sides. We learned just how fast we were going as we sped toward the landing platform at mock 9.

We went down seven different zip lines during our tour, each more exhilarating than the last. One of the zip lines brought out our competitive sides, with two cables running parallel down next to each other. We all paired up and raced to the bottom. Everyone was shocked when Jordan pulled ahead of Cora in the last few metres after an impressive comeback. Cora was less than impressed as she saw Jordan speed past, snatching her win.

On one of the last lines, we flew down at top speed through a grove of massive trees. It was like going through a tunnel. Time seemed to slow as we took in the massive green leaves and branches that stretched out around us, not close enough to touch but close enough to once again get a sense of how fast we were moving.

After our last zip line, we pulled out our notebooks and it was back to the grind. We ordered lunch then worked on arguments for the evening’s genetics debate, now only an hour and a half away. Some of us were more confident than others at the approaching debate. We had a quick lunch with a view of the forest we had just raced through on zip lines up to 750 metres long, then piled back on our bus. Another quick study session on the way back and at the ‘Casa’, the main house where we’re staying, our genetics debates started. Some horses came to visit us and wish us luck before the debate, happily munching on corn next to our property “Have fun, because that’s the most important thing.” Lucas wisely said before we split into our two debates, one side arguing why we should hire our theoretical candidate with Huntington's disease and one side arguing why not. All the teachers commented on how both sides had strong arguments. One debate ended with the hiring of Mr. Wu and the other for not hiring.

We went straight from the debate into a big biology lesson on transcribing DNA, which left us all a little puzzled, but was nothing our wonderful diner couldn’t fix. We are constantly aware that nature is all around us here in La Fortuna, reminding us to take in our surroundings on this wonderful adventure.

One more biology lesson after diner then some time to finish up the days work and reflect on the fantastic adventure we had all embarked on that morning. Everyone of us faced some fears at the zip line platform before we pushed off and sped into the unknown. We all left the zip line confident that we could take on the rest of the day, and beyond happy with the experience.

-Grace Hill
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