Random Walks - Costa Rica
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Itinerary Description |
Get ready for both lazy luxury and exciting excursions on this week-long journey to Costa Rica. The first half of our stay will be at a resort in Arenal, where we will explore the Rio Balsa with a day of whitewater rafting and enter the vertical world with a canyoning and rappelling tour. We then shift into a slower pace with a transfer to Central Guanacaste where we will enjoy a serene beach day, a snorkeling cruise, and delicious meals. Surrounded by the pristine scenery of Costa Rica, you'll be able to unplug from the daily grind and truly appreciate life on this trip. |
Preliminary Itinerary* |
Dates: Friday, August 30 to Thursday, September 5, 2024 Travelers on trips may contact their tour provider for itinerary details. For other initerary questions, please contact RandomWalks@lists.chicagobooth.edu. *Activities and hotel selections subject to change. |
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Trip Leaders |
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E-mail: simran.rastogi@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Albany, NY Undergrad College: Cornell University Undergrad Major: Mechanical Engineering Work Experience: Construction Management → Corporate Strategy/Operations, maybe PE? Booth Concentrations: Operations, Strategy, Behavioral Science 2023 Random Walk: None :’( Hobbies: Climbing fake rocks, stress baking, watching dog videos, turning into a villain every time I play board games with George and Connor, blasting Taylor Swift with Nikita while “meal prepping” but then eating 3 servings of food at once, singing along to every song I know even if I’m in public Fun Facts: My birthday is 9/6/96 and my sister’s is 9/4/94; I know way too much about how 20 foot long steel bridges are made; I worked on the National Air & Space Museum renovation in DC; I taught George that Peru was not in Europe and Costa Rica was not a US territory. |
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E-mail: hsitu@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Los Angeles Undergrad College: Carnegie Mellon University Undergrad Major: Chemical Engineering/Business Work Experience: Sales in Manufacturing; Software Engineering @ Deutsche Bank Booth Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Analytics, Management, Economics 2023 Random Walk: Vietnam (w/ Nikita) Hobbies: Basketball, board games, hustling in poker to pay for business school, reminding Connor he used to be Mormon, making Simran spend 5 hours baking to flex in an interview Fun Facts: Tried starting a business selling pinatas - failed. Started a business selling safety equipment - meh. Started a consulting business on logistics - good. Working on some NVC ideas - BILLIONS. I get drunk on two shots. They call me Asian Spice when I turn red. I’ve been permabanned in Club Penguin and League |
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E-mail: nshaiva@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Bedminster, NJ Undergrad College: Dartmouth College Undergrad Major: Cognitive Science Work Experience: Tech Consulting @ Adobe; Product Management @ Optum; health-tech/AI startups Booth Concentrations: Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Behavioral Science 2023 Random Walk: Vietnam (with George!) Hobbies: Traveling, photography + photoshopping the heck out of photos, graphic design, asking George deep questions and not answering them back, procrastinating by inviting Simran over to “study” and then chatting/gaming till 2am instead, racket-sports Fun Facts: 3 truths and a lie: I’ve hiked to the Mount Everest Base Camp. I’ve been hypnotized twice. I’ve met two U.S. Presidents. I lived in Fargo, North Dakota. |
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E-mail: crobbin0@chicagobooth.edu Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah Undergrad College: University of Utah (GO UTES!) Undergrad Major: Finance Work Experience: Investment Management (Equity Research) Booth Concentrations: Finance, Behavioral Science, Strategic Management 2023 Random Walk: None… A very big regret :( Hobbies: Trying to convince everyone my whole personality is not just finance and soccer, answering sooo many questions about Utah culture, giving George tips to improve his (low?) EQ, seeing how long it will take before Simran gets annoyed at an excessive amount of dumb jokes (have not succeeded yet), wearing a shark onesie on Halloween (see picture to the right) Fun Facts: My dad was a professional tennis player, I was recently informed I have been tying my tie incorrectly basically forever (I am 29 years old…), I went to the high school where High School Musical was filmed |
Simran Rastogi
George Situ
Nikita Shaiva
Connor Robbins