Following are excerpts from Twombly s travel diary. For one of the teachers, Bethany, this is her first trip out of the United States. Anita Hatton, on the other hand, was a Peace Corps volunteer in Costa Rica in the early 1970s. Planning for this trip actually began last September with the grant proposal. We have literally taken over a small hotel located at the edge of the University of Costa Rica campus.
Daily activity begins so early.
For those of us who aren t early risers it takes some getting used to. We re leaving early in an effort to reach the top before fog rolls in obscuring everything. It is clear and we re in luck. In sharp contrast to the terrain through which we have just passed, the summit of the volcano is windswept and desolate. Friday we ll visit the National Museum where Francisco Corrales, director of archeology and a doctoral student in KU s anthropology department, will give us a tour and lecture.