“Swoosh” ; the sound of the waves crashing against the shore of Lobitos as the Inti group awakened for the first time in Peru. This week the group worked with Waves, a local organization that supports Lobitos by bringing in volunteers to help the economy through tourism and education. Lobitos is a small town on the northern coast of Peru famous for surfing and fishing. The first work day, half… Read More

Thursday, October 13th, officially marks the one month anniversary of our group’s journey. Similar to the rest of the week we began the day with Spanish class from nine to one. After 4 hours of spanish, we were all ready for a delicious meal from our host families. Generally, almuerzo consists of a vegetable or chicken soup accompanied by tea and bread from the local panaderia. After a filling meal… Read More

Today we were roaming around Ecuador on a exciting scavenger hunt! Our group started out with a long walk to Carolina Park. Then we made our way back picking up other items on the list along the way. We stopped for a nice ethnic lunch at Hollyn and Sam’s subway. Then we found weird cake balls at an Ecuadorian bakery. Though we didnt find THAT many things on the list,… Read More