The Long Trip was revived in 1996 by Fern Khan, then Dean of Continuing Education, and Carol Hillman, a Bank Street alumna and former Board of Trustees member. Attendees to these "new" Long Trips include students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Bank Street. The fifth of these trips took participants to Monteverde, Costa Rica in 2004.
Visit the 2004 image gallery to see pictures from the trip.
Participants studied the ecology of the rainforest, influence of the Quaker community and observed small scale agricultural projects in the St Luis valley. This trip introduced the natural beauty of Costa Rica, the only country without a standing army. At the U.N. University for Peace outside of San Jose, participants met Robert Mueller and learned the history of its origin, and saw the impressive monument to world peace; also visited the Children’s Interactive Museum located in a renovated former prison. They drove through coffee, and dairy farms, forest and alpine vegetation, and visited the hot springs at the base of the active Arenal Volcano then headed over rough terrain to Monteverde settled by Quakers.
To view a timeline and map of the newer Long Trips, visit the Bank Street Continuing Professional Studies site.
