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Pacific Discovery alum, Abby, tells us all about her top 10 highlights on her Central America Gap Semester Program with Pacific Discovery. Scuba Diving If you’ve read my previous blog post, you may know that I had absolutely no interest in trying scuba diving prior to my gap year program. I actually called Pacific Discovery and asked if I could be excused from this activity because I was so afraid. PD’s representative told me that the instructors will never make me do … Read more

Past student Abigail recalls her time on her Central America Gap Semester with Pacific Discovery in a three-part blog series. In part three, we head to Costa Rica! We continued to Costa Rica, where we participated in various service learning activities, such as animal care at the Costa Rica Animal Rescue Center, sustainability education at Rancho Mastatal, and whitewater rafting on the Sarapiqui River.   The Costa Rica Animal Rescue Center was very cool because we got … Read more

Past student Abigail recalls her time on her Central America Gap Semester with Pacific Discovery in a three-part blog series. In part two, we head to Guatemala! Guatemala was the part of the trip that I was most excited for and most anxious for.  This was a country I'd never explored before, so I was excited to see a new place. However, I think I had a lot of preconceived notions about Guatemala -- that it was a very poor and humid country, and that our accommodations a… Read more

Past student Abigail recalls her time on her Central America Gap Semester with Pacific Discovery in a three-part blog series. In part one, we head to Mexico! It was 3 a.m. on February 1, 2021.  The COVID-19 pandemic was raging across the United States. And I was choosing to travel. This may not have seemed like the wisest decision, but I knew that the gap year organization I was traveling with, Pacific Discovery, was taking safety precautions. Masks, routine PCR tests, … Read more