Habari to everyone back home and all over this beautiful world! This is Mackenzie, typing here in Africa, or, to be more specific, in Iringa cafe in Iringa, Tanzania! We have traveled back from a long week of hard and intense work. It has been the hardest week (physically) for everyone by far. We were located in Mufindi, where we had the opportunity to work with Fox NGO and see… Read More
Hi everyone back home, it’s Emma here, and I just wanted to share a little about our experience at NHCC in Cambodia, so you all can hear about our experience. During our time in Cambodia, we spent 7 days at New Hope for Cambodian Children, an orphanage for children that are HIV positive. NHCC is an incredible organization that was started by a couple from Texas, and our week there… Read More
Hello everybody! This is Karenna!
As a CDL we learnedpracticed about creative writing and we all made a piece about our time in Thailand.
Here is my piece about the trek we took in our first couple weeks if our journey so long ago: The very familiar weight of my pack hugs and caresses my shoulders and hips as we begin our accent into unfamiliar yet homelike nature. As my… Read More
New Zealand has been amazing! We finished up our student led travel week was spent in a town called Rotorua. While there, we were lucky enough to see the legendary Kiwi birds! They are very funny looking but also strangely cute! They are pretty interesting animals- they’re nocturnal so when you see them you have to look at them in the dark! We even got to see a baby kiwi… Read More
I might look old because of the rusty metal, the dents on my sides and even all the dirt i’ve accumulated, but dont let that fool you, I still have plenty of early morning market trips in me. I do this each morning, they start me up and load white and blue empty water gallons. The gallons are dirty, cracked and dented but strong none the less. They load big… Read More
The past week the group has been in Puno, exploring the area around Lake Titicaca. Here are some photos from the week – including a delicious crepe breakfast they all cooked together! … Read More
Habari!
Hey everybody how is it going in the states?
I’m taking some time to reflect a few weeks back when the NKULA group first got to Tanzania.
It was a quick plane ride in from Rwanda. There was a shortstop in Kenya where we all got off the airplane and got a quick spray of freshness at the perfume store in the airport. All smelling like we just came… Read More
As a part of a creative writing the Seasia group is doing, a lot of us wrote a little creative piece about a particularly memorable moment in Thailand, as we write these, a few of us will post them on the group blog.
The following was written about an event that occurred on March 23 in Korat, during our last night in Thailand.
-Paige
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“Let’s try and… Read More
Hey everyone!
A week ago as our time at Casa Xelaju was drawing to a close, we began to prepare ourselves for a 42 kilometer trek. But before we could embark on our epic journey across mountains and rivers, we expressed our gratitude and bid farewell to our amazing Spanish teachers and local contacts. We each gave our thanks in Spanish, and the group sang our go to tune Ayuahiya… Read More
So since we were getting some complaints about a lack of pictures here are some more random pictures from our time in New Zealand. The first two are from our hike up Avalanche Peak, the next two are sea kayaking at Able Tasman National Park, and the next two are from the pancake rocks and our stay with the Maori.… Read More
Ghana can be overwhelming to the senses. It is a country of contradictions to ones sight, smell, and taste. During the day, the sun blinds me as I walk to the trotro station and then to school. As dusk falls, the sky darkens and is lit by giant bolts of lightning. If I sit on the porch, it’s like sitting in a theater as I watch the lightning echo throughout… Read More
Stopping by a quiche home for a rest and some water.
Campsite at the end of the first day – after 21 km of hiking!
We walked through fields, no…forests of coffee plants on the trek
Handmade tortillas
Seeking shelter from the rain, last 5 km of our 42km
Looking over San Pedro and Lago de Atitlan
Group photo:-) … Read More
Well hello you all, I have done it…made the quick transition from the depths of the jungle into the fast paced “real world” to try to remember how to use shoes that aren’t rubber boots, clothes that don’t wreak of mold and sweat, a computer and, oh my, write a blog post! After one month traveling in Costa Rica and another in Ecuador during my winter break I have found… Read More
We have come to the end of student directed travel as well as our time in New Zealand. After a long process I’m pleased to say that student directed travel was a success. We started with a bang by going to Tongariro National Park Mt. Ngauruhoe or Mt. Doom. It was a legendary pilgrimage for some and a beautiful hike for others. Personally, as a Lord of the Rings fan,… Read More
New Hope Cambodian Children. The whole group enjoyed this amazing week, from playing with the children, tutoring the children, painting the mural, water park , morning market, disco night and so many more moments. I can’t wait to write about all these, however, at the moment we have limited internet time. Expect a whole post in 4 or 5 days with even more pictures.
-Yesi… Read More
Hi Readers,
The last week was spent in a yoga retreat roughly an hour outside of Cusco, the previous capital of the Incan Empire, in a small “eco-farm,” in the Peruvian Sacred Valley. Here, the mountains rocketed into the sky in every direction, blanketing us in cool mornings of wet grass and chilly nights. By mid day, however, the sun would shine with a noticable strength, and taking off my… Read More
Eytan reporting and Liz editing!
Hello to all the followers of the Walkabout Group! It has been an action packed couple of weeks to say the least.
As we sorrowfully said bye and did the hongi (a traditional greeting) with our lovely Maori hosts, we quickly found ourselves in the hands of our doe-eyed new host Dan. He would serve as our guide for the next week at New Zealand’s… Read More
Hello Followers of the Walkabout Group blog. I just spoke with Greg and Megan and the group will be posting a new blog today. They did send me a few pictures to help tide yall over until that happens.
Enjoy a few pictures from the last 10 days.
Sincerely,
Adam … Read More
Hola Amigos,
I’ll begin where we last left off; at our weekly meeting at Brooke and Jeremy’s cozy apartment, conveniently located directly under Casa Xelaju. We don’t normally blog about our weekly meetings because they are often long and rather uneventful. Though this particular weekly meeting was no exception to that, it was made special by delicious homemade cinnamon tea and hot chocolate prepared by our wonderful hosts.
Friday after… Read More
Wow, what a week! These have truly been the quickest 5 days so far! We started by meeting Tran, the most awesome dude in the universe, at a hostel in New Plymouth. He drove us to a cottage on the outskirts of the city with the most amazing view of Mt. Taranaki where we slept, cooked our own food and played games (night crawlers). Tran broke the ice by taking… Read More
