After spending a week at the Escuela de la Montaña with minimal Internet access, we are back in Xela in homestays. It's nice to be back in a familiar city, but I personally miss how incredibly green everything was. At the Escuela, we slept at the school and had our meals with host families. That week was one for bonding–sometimes I thought we bonded too much. At least we haven't… Read More
Where to begin? The group is in agreement that we have experienced more in these two weeks than seems possible. If this determines the rest of our weeks of adventure, we are in store for many life changing experiences and possibly the fullest three months any of us have ever lived.
In Quito we were able to ease into the new group dynamic staying in a comfortable hostel. A young… Read More
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This is Monica blogging from a tiny internet cafe in Kampala. We've been in Uganda for about 2 weeks now and it has been the craziest and most eventful weeks of my life. I'm just sitting here now in awe of what I have just done. We started off our week in a rhino sanctuary where rhinos would hang out right outside our… Read More
I am currently in Baños. I just spent a whole week at the banana farm in Santo Domingo. That went by really fast. I was so happy there because I felt so free. I felt like I was at peace with nature and the animals around me. I was afraid to see really huge spiders at the banana farm before this trip. Only to find out I only saw one huge spider, which… Read More
Gooday guys and gals, it's been one month tomorrow since I've been living in Bunbury, Western Australia and so far so good. I love it here Bunbury is a quiet little town bordered on two sides by the magnificent Indian ocean which has crystal clear and warm water the one catch is It's loaded with sharks! While I'm down here I have the pleausre of working at the Dolphin Discovery… Read More
Happy Saturday! Today we arrived at the Nile River Camp right outside Jinja, Uganda! Our last week was spent at the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary and we made some insane memories. With the rangers and guides, we closely followed grazing rhinos, caught some friendly frogs, and watched some the immense beautiful birdlife. We've seen birds of every color of the rainbow – even turquoise! We learned so much about the gorgeous… Read More
ng Hello from tomorrow family and friends! We’ve all been loving our time in New Zealand so far! We arrived in Christchurch a bit groggy and confused to have skipped a date on the calendar altogether, but after a good night’s sleep we were excited to get started exploring a new city. It’s certainly an interesting time to be in Christchurch, since the earthquakes in 2011 leveled almost all of… Read More
Wrapping up the final week of the 2014 Photo Contest, we celebrate the passion and the expression of the individual with our #FREEFORALL category. This grab bag category has brought forth a range of wonderful photos, memories, and expriences from across the globle. As we conclude this season's photo contest, we want to thank everyone who has shared their photos with our community. May you continue to capture inspiring moments… Read More
Hola mundo! My first time here in South America and let's just say it was not what I was expecting! I am in Cusco City, Peru and it's cold! So don't think I am here soaking up the rays. I'm high up in the mountains actually 11,200 ft above sea level, just a tad bit higher than Chicago (595 ft)! I've been here almost a month and I am so… Read More
Hey everyone, we've decided to express everything we've done so far through song. (the first verse of Party in the USA) we hopped on a plane from LAX with strangers we haven't met said goodbye to all of our loved ones we'll see you in the end. jumped in our seats, soared over the pacific looked at the date, February 12th is missing this is all so crazy we're in… Read More
It's been two days in this bustling city. The mosquitoes are biting, the birds are chirping, the blenders are blending smoothies. It's a good time. We've been spending a lot of time talking and living with the locals. Some of the more outgoing members of our group have been known to get caught up in interesting conversations with complete strangers. It's surprising how much a bitter old man can teach… Read More
It's Iris here–I'm still alive. We're doing to scavenger hunt now in Chiang Mai and Hannah and I are totally gonna win. This is my first computer since Hong Kong and its all in Thai so I'm completely dumbfounded as to how to navigate anything. So far we've paraded around the city trying not to get hit by passing cars or motor bikes. The food has been AMAZING and nowhere… Read More
We are having a blast in Thailand!! So far we have been getting to know everyone and finding our way in the hectic city of Chiang Mai, trying not to get hit by the countless motorcycles! We have been looking at some of the temples here and learning about how to be respectful of Thai tradition and culture. Today we are doing a scavenger hunt around Chiang Mai, so far… Read More
Dear people in the outside world, This is Eve and Cameron. Hmmm…. How do we even explain this? The craziness of Delhi is something you need to see to believe. We can't quite explain the staring, the smell of hot masala tea, and all the kids saying hello while possibly trying to lift our pockets. Those cute little scoundrels! We're still getting our footing, but we took a really cool… Read More
Today is my third day in Thailand. We have been in the city of Chiang Mai the whole time, and it has been so fun! We have gone to food and clothing markets, visited a bunch of temples, and eaten the most amazing food and fresh fruit smoothies. Today we did a partner scavenger hunt throughout the city. We got to talk to monks, get massages, search for a post… Read More
What's up guys, Emily S here checking in from Chiang Mai, Thailand. I'm having a blast already! We've been here for almost 3 days now and it's so beautiful and amazing. Getting here took forever, but honestly it was so worth it. We've already had the chance to do so many cool things like ride in these backless vans and go to all these cool night markets. We've visited Buddhist… Read More
Hello, today was such an interesting day! walking around Chiang Mai visiting temples has been awesome. Getting to meet monks was possibly the most exciting thing today. They shared their everyday life with us and suggested we visit Doi suthep temple, which I really hope we have time to do later in the trip. We will be leaving Chiang Mai pretty soon to live with our host families (and learn… Read More
Sawatdee friends! We have been in Chiang Mai for just 3 days and already have learned so much! Everything here is so beautiful, and refreshing and upbeat- it's like a whole new world. We have been staying at a cozy lil' guest house while familiarizing ourselves with the exciting new territory. We have been starting our day at 9 am and after adventuring all day, by 8 pm, everyone is… Read More
