Hello Everybody,
David here, writing the final blog of our journey. I am writing from my home in Evanston, IL. It is 4:30 in the morning on Sunday the 8th of May and I haven’t been able to sleep because I can’t stop thinking about the amazing journey that we have just completed. I am thinking about the bumpy car rides in Nananu when we would sit in the back… Read More
Some Final Remarks
Our trip to Africa was filled with all kinds of adventures and countless stories. It was filled with challenges and accomplishments, not to mention lots of laughs. Allison and I truly appreciate this past three months and know that the lessons we have learned have only just begun to surface. We will miss our Africa crew and wish you all the very best in your future endeavors.
May your journeys… Read More
Week 12: The Last Hoorah of Sam I Am
Hey everyone,
It's a little weird for me to write this blog now, considering that I'm now securely back in Colorado, EEUU. This is my first chance to catch up on blogging since our final, busy week ended! I have been totally overwhelmed in the last day by the abundance of cereal varieties in my family's pantry and the large quantities of free toilet paper. What is this strange foreign… Read More
Bittersweet
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Leaving the turtle project and arriving in San Jose was bittersweet. We were glad to be on normal sleep schedules again, but also felt the impending end of our trip. Though San Jose was different for everyone, we all enjoyed a few days of relaxation and the… Read More
ZANZIBAR!!!!!!!!!!!
We have spent our last week in Africa in paradise, or otherwise called Zanzibar. We strolled through the streets which smelled of different spices like clove and cinnamon, indulged in the delicious Swahili dishes, and achieved our open water SCUBA certification. We had four days filled with classes. The first day we sat in a class room where we watched PADI informational videos, so we would know what to do… Read More
Thank you Mama India.
I don’t think any of us can believe that we will all be going our separate ways in less than 24 hours. In some ways these 3 months have gone by so quickly, but then I think of all the things done like….
Going to the Baha’i temple, Eating 72 momos in one sitting, Increasing our spice tolerance to be able to handle any crazy Indian dish put in front… Read More
Amazing Blog Job By Gordon Peterson
Oh hey, what’s up?
Let me first start off by introducing myself… Hi, I’m Gordon.
Alright cool.
Where did the past three months go? It feels like no matter how full our days are the weeks keep getting shorter and shorter. This last week was spent at the Satyananda Mangrove Retreat Center, a few kilometres outside of Gosford. Before I say anything, let me just say this, it… Read More
Manali
At first when we saw the jagged white peaks all around, elaborately carved wooden buildings, green rolling hills, and sunshine sparkling off of waterfalls, we thought we were in Switzerland in India. But then we attended a night-time wedding anniversary-huge horns that sounded terrible, loud drumming, colorful scarves and money, matching outfits with cute hats. This region has it’s own Tribal religion we’d never heard of! The town of Manali… Read More
Travel Travel and more Travel!
Almost everyday for the last week we have spent traveling. We made our way back through Uganda and a have returned to Tanzania by land, water, and air. From our week of pure traveling we have plenty of funny stories to share with you when we return home.
After Sipi Falls we made our way down to Kampala where we spent the night. The following morning we hoped on a… Read More
Amazonian fun
To start off our week in the amazon we met at the port of the tambopata river to take a 4 and a half hour boat ride up river to see where we will be working for the next week. when we arrived at Camino Verde we met Don Goyo who would be our cook for the next week, his food was absolutely amazing. Robin wnded up being a wealth… Read More
Tashi Delek!
(Hello/May luck be with you in Tibetan) Mcleod Ganj! Hills covered in forest, bright colorful houses, so many waving prayer flags. Jagged white mountains shining in the sunshine. Monks in red robes chatting on their cellphones. Tourists from all over the world, yak wool blankets and singing bowls, momos, falafel, Bhagsu cake! We adore our homestay families! It was hard at first-A lot of us are in one room houses!… Read More
Free Travel is fun but not free
Hey everyone!
On Tuesday April 12th we said so long to the beautiful Playa and Parque Maderas and drove to Grenada to kick off our week of free-travel. This week was different than the rest of our trip in that the students decided where we go and arrange the accommodations, transportation, and other logistics to make things happen. We were led by Kaile’a, Lukas, and Emily and they did an… Read More
Buscamos Tortugas en Camaronal
We finally arrived in Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula last Tuesday, wet and tired after a long day of travel in public buses and rainstorms. They fed us right away on rice and beans, and we tried our best to stay awake for their presentation on this recently created turtle sanctuary, wildlife refuge, and public access beach called Camaronal.
Four types of turtles visit this three kilometer stretch to lay their… Read More
Groovy Grape!
G'day Mates!
This week we have a special tag team blog for you, brought to you by Emily and Kelsey.
We spent the last 7 days traveling getting in touch with our hippie roots travelling on the Groovy Grape bus through the Outback. We left Adelaide in the early morning, picked up 4 more passengers (Boris and Peter from Switzerland, Laura from Germany, and Laurence from Belgium) and drove most… Read More
The group in front of the temple with Melitis at Deer Park Insitute, Bir.… Read More
A Tibetan monk is showing us a Tibetan monastery, temple and school near Bir.… Read More
One of the leaders, Lotte, at the Golden Temple in Amritsar… Read More
Lions and Tigers and Amritsar, Oh My!
With minds as clear as the upper Ganga, we left Phool Chatti with inner peace and outward tranquility. Music rang throughout the bus on our way to the train station, thoughtless contemplation ran high. Then the tornado of Indian travel ripped its way into our consciousness, tearing at our vulnerablilities and peaceful minds. Indian stares and crowded trains were bolstered with clashing vibes and unknown motives. We looked out the… Read More
THE STORY SO FAR…
As many of you know, our heroes began their journy in Tanzania as nine
companions. Since then we have traveled many miles, lost a comrade and
experienced many strange and alien things. Now they have returned to
Tanzania, the birthplace of this adventure, ready to take the country
by storm. RECENTLY… Boom! Boom! Boom! The bass in JJ’s car vibrated within our chests. JJ,a happy Ugandan Jew, bobbed his head… Read More
