Eco Tourist, Gigi Yogini, went to Montezuma, Costa Rica, for a two week yoga and surf retreat in November 2008 with La Escuela del Sol. It was the vacation of a lifetime but Gigi was unpleasantly surprised by the amount of trash she saw on the beaches while walking to the surf beach, La Playa Grande.
“I thought Costa Rica was supposed to be an Eco Tourism Haven,” Gigi said.
But instead she found the Costa Rican Contradiction: some of the most beautiful beaches in Montezuma are covered in TRASH from other cities like San Jose, Jaco, Paquera, and Tambor.
Together, with the “lost soles” she found on the beach, Gigi Yogini protested the trash problem in small town and got a lot of people asking the questions:
“Where did all these shoes come from and WHY are they here?”
“Now,” she says, “the key objective is bringing attention to this serious problem and motivating people to demand change.”
For information on Gigi’s upcoming Karma Yoga Retreats visit: www.GigiYogaRetreats.wordpress.com
or visit www.365yogini.com
