Dearest students who smell really great, and families who have the privilege of receiving said delightful-smelling young adults, We have already gambled away all the money we saved by not having to pay your Honduran departure fees, and now we are writing for help. Who knew we would so quickly lose our way without you here? Please send care packages of Chickys ASAP, as we are entering withdrawal. It also… Read More

Hola. My llamas name is maria. Soooooooo we may or may not have been slacking hardcore in the blogging aspect of this trip. Two weeks ago we chilled in Matagalpa and stayed with host families while also going to Spanish school. Pretty good gallo pinto if I do say so myself. We spent the week looking at tall buildings and learning about the canal that will be going through Lake… Read More

The hostel (Hostal Nim Sut) is AWESOME! So far we´ve been exploring the street food scene, and we´re lovin´it – tacos, pupusas, avocados, and mangos galore! So far the group dynamic is excellent, and we´re gelling like….jello? Our leaders, however…are super weird and nerdy. It is quite a bit colder than we expected here in the Guatemalan highlands, so we´ve been sharing one bed to conserve heat (kidding, obviously). We´re… Read More

Dearest teammates and parents of teammates: We are sitting here in our leadership abode in Portland… talking about you, thinking about you, planning our semester with you in mind! We can't wait to meet you! Today we explored Portland, and we encountered a great many things, which we'd like to share with you. Some were unexpected, some could have been predicted, and some were downright silly. As we both rode… Read More

Hello everybody, Elle here! ​ After a wonderful week in Costa Rica at the turtle reserve, we made our way to San Jose, Costa Rica. There we spent our last night in Costa Rica at a lively little hostel. We wandered around in search of burgers; eventually some of us gave up and ventured into the bustling and loud central park (completely packed even on a tuesday). We eventually found… Read More

There is nothing big about the Roatan airport… save for the 12 gringos standing in a circle and saying their final goodbyes; staring at each other, trying hard not to cry, crying, laughing, hugging, letting go, hugging again. It feels as if there are so many things left to say, so many things left to do here. How can this possibly be the end? Were we not just in Xela?… Read More

Good evening friends and family! The Maya crew have all gathered together and after posing for this beautiful pyramid, will be proceeding through security and headed off on their adventure. We wish them all the best as they traverse new internal and external landscapes over the next 3 months. Que les vaya bien Maya!… Read More

  Amigos! We are writing this from beautiful, community-filled, Outdoor-Educator-Learning-Heaven (aka Portland)! We are eagerly awaiting our chance to meet you all and see your bright shining faces at the airport in just seven short days. We have been in Portland training for about a week, and have been so excitedly focused on gearing up for our trip! We will continue to be in Portland for another week until we… Read More