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Letter To Future Students
Letter To Future Students
Letter To Future Students
I always pictured the rainforest to be full of color; with exotic (to me)
animals everywhere you looked and beautiful weather all of the time. It
ended up being far above my expectations in beauty, however, much less
colorful than I had originally pictured it. I feel as though this experience has
forever changed me. I respect my surroundings so much more, not to
mention, Im much more aware of the little things. For example, the first hike
we took into the rainforest was at Cloud Forest in Monte Verde. We didnt see
a single animal. I was frustrated, for some reason, I assumed that
everywhere we looked we would see a new an exciting thing. Over time and
a couple of guided tours, I found that this is true. Everywhere you look there
is new and exciting things. However, its usually something small. Like a
humming birds nest, a tiny dart frog, an exotic and strange looking insect, or
a type of plant that I had never seen before. Granted these types of things
may not be the coolest thing youll see, but they are so important. The
biodiversity within the rainforest is vast to say the least. However, every