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JUNE 29
- Meet at Miami airport
- Spend night in Miami
JUNE 30
- Board flight to Belize City, Belize
- 30 minute flight to Placencia
JUNE 30 through JULY 4
- Ride two sailboats for 5 days, sailing north
- Learn to rig, sail, navigate
- Spend nights in bays in deserted islands
- Snorkel in Belize's Great Barrier Reed (3rd longest in world_
- Learn about reef fish ecology, island and atoll geology, invertebrates and intertidal ecology
- Last night in the “Tahiti of the Caribbean” on Glovers Atoll
JULY 5 through JULY 9
- Stay at Long Cay
- Only peopel on the island
- Sleep in bungalows
- Scuba Diving (earning advanced Open Water certification)
- Dive in Glovers Atoll
JULY 10
- Travel day
- Boat to Dangriga
- Flight to Belize City
- Flight to San Jose, Costa Rica
- Stay at La Dahesa B&B
JULY 11
- Drive to Puntarenas
- Ferry to Paquera
- Drive along Nicoya Peninsula to Malpais (Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve)
JULY 12 through JULY 15
- Stay in Malpais
- Surf lessons
JULY 16
- Drive to Paquera
- Ferry to Puntarenas
- Drive to San Jose
- Stay at La Dahesa B&B
JULY 17 through JULY 19
- Drive to Pacuare River
- Two days rafting on the river
- One day in waterfalls and zip line
- Staying in River Cabins
JULY 20
- Reventazon River towards Caribbean Sea
- Drive to San Jose
- Stay at La Dahesa B&B
JULY 21
- Visit markets in San Jose
- Feast
- Stay at La Dahesa B&B
JULY 22
- Fly from San Jose to Miami
- Then home