El Campus

I was lucky to arrive on a day where it didn’t rain on site. It rains pretty much every day, and storms like crazy at night. I really like it though. This is a view of about half of the property the school owns in Costa Rica. El Campus is on top of a mountain that takes about 30-40 minutes by bus to climb. And then, after they drop you off at the last stop, you have to walk 1km uphill to the campus. My legs are going to be solid. The other half of the property is off to the left where they have a garden and two scrappy chickens. Behind me was the woods, where the groundskeepers have made intricate paths, a compost area, and an outdoor worship area with homemade benches, a cross, and a pulpit. It is inspiring how green it is here. Call me a hippy, but I love it. They use scraps from meals as compost and sometimes to feed the chickens, then use the compost to fertilize the gardens which they use the food from to make some of the meals. They also use solar power to warm the bathwater. It’s just a big green circle of awesome!