The Holbrook Explorer

In case you're in the area during July 3-9, here is a program of events scheduled for the Centennial Celebration for Machu Picchu, according to www.ferturperu.info: Sunday 7/3 -Machu Picchu Centenni

Here are a couple video links of the Andean band Los Jaivas.  They recorded a pretty epic version of the song "Alturas de Machu Picchu" right smack dab in the ancient Incan ruins.

Day 2 Sarapiqui- Selva Verde Lodge Today started at 6 a.m., followed by a good breakfast complete with howler monkeys.  They were hanging out in the trees right next to the dining room balcony.  Not

Day 1 Sarapiqui- Selva Verde Lodge We made it to Costa Rica safe and sound on an almost uneventful flight.  As we were pulling away from the gate and the flight attendant was explaining how to use th

Today is my last day in the office and I’m preparing for my great adventure to Costa Rica with an amazing group of teachers, students and parents from Houston, TX.

"No. 38 Did the Spaniards know of Machu Picchu? Hiram Bingham didn't think so. 'Yet so far as I have been able to discover, there is no reference in the Spanish chronicles to Machu Picchu.