Hello friends, family, and random readers!
Well, we’re back in Adelaide! We just recently finished doing conservation work with the Conservation Volunteers of Australia. I think I speak for all of us when I say it was a lot of fun and a great learning experience.
The week started out with us being divided into two groups. Me, Liz, Conor, Hannah, and Matt with Gwen as our leader in one… Read More
This is Kelsey, your blogger for last week! I am sorry this blog is so late. I got sick but I am feeling much better now!
Last week we were unfortunately unable to start our adventure to the amazon due to riots on the road there. So we started free travel and headed out to Puno! We got on the bus and arrived later than we had thought but with… Read More
After a few nice free days in Iringa filled with shopping and fast internet we were ready to begin our safari. We were all stoked to be going to Ruaha National Park, the second largest National Park in Africa! Our journey began hopping in a sick Land Rover Safari Station Wagon and a three hour drive to Ruaha. We all fell in love with Iringa yogurt so we bought a… Read More
Hongi group is back in town after volunteering with Conservation Volunteers of Australia in two different locations. More to come, but the group wanted to share a couple group pictures of them receiving their volunteer certificates from CVA.
They will be updating the blog over the next couple of days. Great job Team Hongi!… Read More
Buenos tardes amigos y familia,
I sit underneath the Aola on Mystical Yoga Farm in, Lake Atitlan, bundled up in a hammock looking out across the sun slowly setting. Thanks to Easten, I am joined by the company of the book, Confessions of an Economic Hit-Man, for the past hour, and although I have only finished the preface, )Which I was later told you are not actually supposed to read)… Read More
The new volunteer project is off to a good start! The group spent yesterday painting, playing soccer, and teaching English with the children at Sonco Wassi.
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I have only been at the Mystical Yoga Farm for a month now but I can already say with some confidence that I will remember my time here as one of the the formative experiences of my young life. I came here with the intention of seeing and experiencing my life in a new way and I have already done that more than I ever expected. There is so much… Read More
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!
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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:-)
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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
