Monkeys Are Made Of Chocolate: Exotic And Unseen Costa Rica
by Jack Ewing
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Read in February, 2008
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Erin
Daniel Quinn wrote the introduction and due to that, I'm finding myself wanting to read Ishmael again since it's been so long at this point and I would like to see the connections between Ewing's life and transition to being an environmentalist through the lens that he so clearly sees himself through (becoming one due to the influences of Daniel Quinn and a few others). That said, I read this book while traveling in Costa Rica - my favorite thing to do while traveling is to read about where I a...more
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Read in January, 2008
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mcarlaw@impactlearning.com, pcarlaw@impactlearning.com
An entertaining and informative batch of essays written over a 10 year period by an American who moved to Costa Rica in 1972. Starting out as a cattlegrower and rice farmer in gradually metamorphosed into an the owner of a private national wildlife refuge that has a fabulously successful eco-tourist business. These are his and his families stories of an area of the world they thoroughly entranced with. Inspiring, often funny, sometimes sobering. And yes...capuchin monkeys love cacao nuts!
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Read in November, 2005
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Costa Rica Travelers
I picked this up after visiting Hacienda Baru in Costa Rica. If you ever end up visiting the country, make it a point to go there. Totally awesome.
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