by jnm6 | Jun 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
The trip to Puerto Viejo felt like ages ago, but Katy and I visited last weekend and it was stunning! On Saturday, we walked 8.3km (~5 miles) through Cahuita National Park in hopes that we will spot some monkeys, snakes, or alligators. Sadly, we did not encounter such...
by jnm6 | Jun 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
After finishing the first week of our internship, we all decided to take the weekend to relax and explore the San Jose area a little bit. On Saturday, we went to the Jade Museum near our hotel. It highlighted the different uses of pre-Columbian Jade artifacts...
by jnm6 | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week started out with an exciting trip to Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, about 3 hours Northeast of San Jose. Our group got a fun little personal tour since it was just the 8 of us in the tour van. We took control of the aux and blasted 2010 throwbacks for most of...
by jnm6 | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
What an exhausting yet exciting week it has been! This week’s blog week will mostly focus on my experience with the Medical Innovation Bootcamp that took place at UCIMED. Every day at around 6am, the sound of the early morning train nearby our hotel woke us up...
by jnm6 | May 31, 2022 | Uncategorized
Hello! My name is Jhalak Mehta and this is the beginning of my blog posts about my time in Costa Rica for the GMI program. I am from Chicago and recently graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering. The...
