by Hannah Nevitt, Greenheart Travel Volunteer Abroad Participant

 Throughout the months I have faced a number of cultural “learning moments,” but none so defining as the day we debated the question of “How many continents are there?” My Costa Rican boss, Alvaro, had just returned from dropping volunteers off at the airport, when he came into the office baffled. He asked me to explain how it was possible that these bright, young Veterinary students could not properly know, “how many continents there were in the world.” Read more...