Nosotros Estamos En Ecuador

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Sup guys its Dan and Keegan reporting live from an internet cafe in Bahia, Ecuador!! Being the first ones to post on this blog and to find internet access by ourselves we would to take this time to congradulate ourselves… After a strenuous day of traveling were eager to explore more of this town on foot. Our hostel that we are staying at is luxurious, very peaceful and full of… Read More

The beginning of a new adventure!

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Hello everyone! The five of us are all well rested from 35 hours of airplane travel and ready to explore Siem Reap. Walking around the city is crazy with mopeds, bicycles and cars to watch out for. The people are so sweet and kind. The place we are staying at is Nilla Villa Guesthouse, and when walking and meeting the place all of us fell in love. We are all… Read More

….And They’re OFF!

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It’s official: 8/10 of the group is about to board their flight to Amsterdam, and they’ll meet up with Devon and Lizzie there. What a great, grounded, crew–if folks were nervous they hid it well! Next time you hear from them they’ll be in Kampala, Uganda. Until then, this is Carpe HQ signing off…. -Nannette… Read More

Let the Journey Begin!

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I’ve just spoken to Dawn and Jeff and the group happy, together and are heading through LAX airport security as I type this blog. With one slightly delayed student everyone arrived without injury and with all bags present – truly, this promises to be a wonderful and affirming semester! Please stay tuned for regular blogs from our students on a mostly weekly basis. Yours in spirit, Ethan… Read More

Let the Journey Begin!

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I just spoke to our intrepid leaders, Andy and Karen, and they’ve got the entire group together and are heading through SFO airport security as we speak! I have to admit this is an auspicious beginning to the semester as everything seems to be going quite smoothly thus far … and I’m sure the semester will continue accordingly! So, stay tuned for fairly regular blogs from the students on a… Read More

It’s official … let this journey begin!

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I just heard from the leaders and it appears that our intrepid group of travelers are together and preparing to check in for their international flights to New Delhi! I have to admit this is thus far an incredibly smooth series of gatherings for all of our Carpe Diem crew and I only hope this portends for as successful a semester as the SFO union has been! As luck would… Read More

It’s official … let this journey begin!

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I’ve just gotten off the phone with the leaders and it appears that our small group is all together and hanging out! They actually share the first leg of their flights with team India, so it should make for some good conversation during their long transit across the Pacific. For now, everyone seems to have arrived early and we are all set to go! Please stay tuned for blogs from… Read More

shifts

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Namaste, I hope you are enjoying time with your family and friends, and feeling easy about your fast-approaching trip. In most of life, and especially in India, the only constant is change. It may be an appropriate introduction to your travels in India to experience some change before you ever depart. Your leadership team is shifting. Suzanne Pazandak will now be co-leading with Drew. She has been to India with… Read More

Cannot wait for CAM!!!!

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Hola Los Amigos: Alex, Celia, Dan, Heidi, Kaise, Max, y Robert, This is our blog-site in which all of your friends and family will be vicariously living through. Once a week one of you will be a “blogger”/author who will describe all the juicy details of our amazing, twisting, bumpy and winding roads that we travel along during the next three months. We encourage you to peruse past blogs to… Read More

Pre-departure Excitement!

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From a buzzing Carpe Diem HQ, we leaders Brian & Amanda excitedly and humbly post this first blog to launch our South East Asian adventure. In a week, we will fly off from San Francisco en route to Siem Reap, Cambodia where we will begin our team orientation. From there the adventure will unfold as it will, each day gauranteed to gift us with opportunities for growth and understanding both… Read More

Habari!

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Habari! Welcome to our East Africa blog. This blog will be our way to share our adventure over the next few months with everyone back home – please pass on this link to everyone you want to keep updated. After this first entry, we pass it over to you, and at least once a week a different student will get to upload an entry (and hopefully some fabulous photos as… Read More

Let It Begin:)

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Well Hi Thar:)This is your future co-leader team, Jeff and Dawn, just checking in with you, sending out warm welcomes. We have been spending many days together now, running around Portland doing last minute errands, talking Heaps about our upcoming adventure and how truly excited we are to meet all of you very very soon, and simply learning about each other. We’ve been going over our itinerary, finalizing a few… Read More

Final Days before Departure

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Namaskar. Kia hal haim? / How is your situation? The situation at Carpe Diem in Portland is auspicious and excited. Drew and I are working with itinerary and logistics, learning all we can about you in absentia, and getting to know each other as well. This is the first of many blogs for our semester, which you all will be taking over soon. The previous semesters’ blogs will be left… Read More

SAM and beyond

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Well, its been a fantastic journey through America del Sur, and it has now come to an end. To recap:After we got back from the yoga retreat, we had a successful trek to the famous city of Machu Picchu. Along the way, we met a lot of nice people, saw some amazing scenery, and felt the presence of the ancient Inca in every footstep. For some, it was our first… Read More

Kwa Heri East Africa

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The last three weeks of our program included a bit of adventure and a lot of relaxation. After we departed TAYODEA three members climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro while the rest of the group headed out to Zanzibar to swim with dolphins and enjoy the white sands and crayon blue water. Climbing Kili was amazing for everyone – and we are so proud to report that all group members summated the 19336… Read More

Gratitude

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Happy Mother’s Day! As we post this last blog, Namanda (Nick & Amanda) would like to take the opportunity to thank the mothers (and fathers) out there for giving space for your son and daughters to further spread their wings over Central American’s vibrant currents. How to encapsulate three months of intense living and inspiring transformations… although there is not so much a need for this, since the ‘light bulbs’… Read More

The Home Stretch, and Freedom in the Unavoidable

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We all knew this day – the day we would leave India – would come. Some of us thought it would be quick, some of us felt it would be long, and others believed it would be just right; but we all knew this day was unavoidable. For nearly 90 days we have ventured into the heart and soul of this country and its people, and challenged ourselves physically, mentally,… Read More

Diving into our final week

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We have found another paradise in Roatan, Honduras. Getting here was another trip in itself. Our taxi was late for our 4 am pickup at our hostel in San Jose, and at the airport we apparently “had reservations, but no tickets” and waited at the check-in desk for 1 1/2 hours. The rest of the day went complication free, despite the fact that we stopped at 4 more airports. Our… Read More

18,380 feet…I was there!

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‘ello ‘ello this is your captain ben speaking, we are crousing in life at about 11,000 feet and will be arriving in heaven in approximately…NOW !!!  let me just start off by letting you of you reading this know that, well you are all beautiful people, but that we are in ladakh and it is heaven on earth people! I only have one wish in my life right now, that… Read More