My name is Katie Blair. I am a Business Marketing major at
the UC Denver Business School, and
maintain a prior degree in Merchandise Marketing from a little school in Los
Angeles, CA, called FIDM (Fashion
Institute of Design and Merchandising). I was born and raised in Houston, TX,
graduated high school in Billings, MT, lived for eighteen months in Manhattan
(i.e. New York City), and spent the past five years in Los Angeles, before
moving to Denver in January. I have traveled to many parts of Mexico and the
Caribbean, as well as a few places in Europe. In December 2010, my family and I
traveled to Costa Rica, specifically Jáco, a small beach town outside
the capital, San José.
We spent ten days engulfing ourselves in all that Costa Rica
has to offer. We rode four wheelers through the mountains, took boats through
the luscious jungle rivers, zip-lined for miles through the jungle canopy (see
image below), jet-skied along the crystal clear coast line, fished the Pacific
Ocean, and much much more. My experience in Costa Rica was incredible! Thus, why I
have chosen this location to take you on a geographic tour, in hopes that
maybe you can get just a glance at all that this beautiful land has to offer!
As I continue to update and blog new posts about the rich geographic landscape,
I will also include some interesting, fun and random facts about the enchanting
paradise that is that of Costa Rica!
FACT #1: In 2009, the NEF (New Economic Foundation) sited Costa
Rica as the “greenest” country in the world; and, in 2011, were awarded by UNDP
(United Nations Development Programme) for their development and environmental
sustainability efforts. Source
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| My exciting 'zip-trip' through the canopy of the Costa Rican Jungle. |
