Hi my name is Issamar Pichardo, I was born in
Chihuahua, Chihuahua Mexico migrated when I was eight years old. This last
semester I finally choose my career Geography-Environmental Science after
changing my major a couple of times. I am passionate about traveling, learning
different cultures and discovering what nature has to offer that sometimes is
taken for granted. At my young age I have been to Cuba, Costa Rica, Puerto
Vallarta, Mexico City, Canada and hopefully this list continues growing.The place I choose is a small town named La Fortuna located in Costa Rica, I traveled with my family when I was 16 years old, I was fascinating by the biodiversity in such a small town. My goal is to visit again La Fortuna but now understanding nature. The reason I choose this place is because the story of the small town is interesting, the owner of the hotel I stayed at told me the story of this small town named after a tragedy in 1968, Arenal volcano had a big eruption and earth quake destroying Tabacon and Pueblo Nuevo half of the original town and the other half was intact by the flow of lava that’s the reason why the small town was named La Fortuna translated to English as luck or fortune. La Fortuna has many attractions such as the Arenal Volcano, La Fortuna waterfall and hot springs. It was impressing to walk in the jungle close to the volcano and feel the movement in the floor when there were small eruptions. I am interest in learning more about how volcanoes are form, minerals the volcano provides to have a great biodiversity and how hot springs are heated by the volcano and said to be good waters to heal because of the minerals it contains.
