Joseph and Byran Learning to Salsa
Today marks our last day in Cuzco. We have spent the past week in Spanish classes, which included various museum visits, cooking night, salsa lessons, and a visit to the black market.
Cuzco has to be my favorite city thus far. It has an air of beautiful decay. Many of the buildings are of old european stone and ceramic tile roofs, obviously incredibly beautiful… Read More
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HOT TUNA’S CATCH OF THE WEEK YA’LL!!!
Its Hot Tuna here with ya’lls catch of the week from Featherston,NZ! We had a hoot of a time at dat racehorse lodge we stayed at. I just dont even know were to begin. Firstly it appeared to a few people dat the place we was stayin at was haunted of sorts, So da sage master decided to have a saging of sorts and done did send all da bad… Read More
Edirisa
After arriving in Kabale, we dove into Edirisa without knowing what to expect. We bought our groceries for the week and then split into two. Group 1 (Oren, Sophie, Rachel, Victoria) went to volunteer at the Special Needs Education Center while group A (Marisa, Ellen, Rachael, Giselle) volunteered with nursery school children in Buchinda. Both groups spent their time painting murals, making masks, cooking their own food, and especially playing… Read More
Buena Adventura
There is a moment when you have time, build up enough confidence and decide to embark on a personal journey. I have kept writing tour scripts about Firenze (Florence) and heard many great things about the city from my host family, the descriptions I work with for bicycling tours and my co-workers. I have been extremely encouraged to travel on the weekends out to nearby places. I have found it… Read More
Hola mis amigos!!! Greetings from Bolivia.
I have to say, I have had quite the time over the last two and a half months down here. Here’s a quick little recap of the first month.
I arrived tired but optimistic to the CondorTrekkers office in Sucre after 29 hours of travel. I had a couple bumps in the road getting there (a confused taxi driver, a lost wallet scare) but arrived in one piece. I was… Read More
Week in the Marae – Brendan
Our last day staying at the Marae we where taken on a sailing adventure and hike!
The ferry ride from Wellington to the south island.Some silliness along the way to the hostel… Read More
Sterling from the Eco Farm in Nepal
Arriving late in Kathmandu I finally met the man called Govinda. Since that day he has taken care of me and acted as an older brother, as we have taken on the task of getting his dream eco farm up and running. The farm itself is perched towards the top of a hill overlooking the valley below and the spectacular Himalayas, with Begnas Lake almost close enough to touch. Now… Read More
Freedom of the Hills: A Trek in Western Sikkim
After our time in Gangtok, we prepared to go on our long awaited (or dreaded) trek in Western Sikkim. This area is dominated by high mountains covered in dense forests. While the beginning of our trek was only a few dozen kilometers away in Yuksom, it still took hours to reach our hotel having to navigate the winding dirt roads of Sikkim. Arriving at Ejam Residency, we found ourselves in… Read More
Our second week in Arequipa, Peru comes to its close in just seven hours. The week was filled with activities for Semana Santa, Holy week leading up to Easter (Today!). We sampled different fruit juices and various cow parts being sold in the streets as we joined the masses (pun) in a city wide crawl from church to church.
A few days ago, we enjoyed a goodbye party at the… Read More
Vamos a Cuzco!
Happy Easter from Areaquipa! It´s our last day here and many of us spent Easter morning feasting on traditional Peruvian Easter breakfasts with our home stay families. Being in Areaquipa for Semaña Santa has been quite the experience. On Holy Thrusday, we wandered around the streets of the city center doing the ¨Chruch Crawl.¨ We went from chruch to chruch attending Mass and sampling cow heart and fruit juices along… Read More
Pictures from Arequipa
Carpe students enjoy a pizza party with the girls from the orphanage
Volcano “El Misti” towers over Arequipa
The plaza de armas at Sunset
Jackie and Lady with icing on their faces 🙂… Read More
Sawadee kaaaa!
I’ve spent the last month and a half volunteering at the Children’s Organization of Southeast Asia (COSA), located in the province of Mae Rim, just outside the city of Chiang Mai, Thailand. COSA is an amazing organization dedicated to the prevention of human trafficking in the northern regions of the country. I’m living at the Baan Yuu Suk Shelter, which houses twenty sexually exploited, abused, or at-risk girls. As a… Read More
Helmets, Healing and Humility
After spending the week repelling, climbing and paddling our way through the mountains, forests and waters of the North Island, I am confident that I am speaking on behalf of the group when I say that we have all felt the minor physical repercussions of our unsure footing, busy arms, and in my case, apparent aversion to staying on the bike path. In our valiant (and successful) attempts to keep… Read More
Kia Ora – Photo Journal from Hannah
Albert Park, Auckland, New Zealand
Walk to Taranaki Falls, National Park, New Zealand
Napier, New Zealand
CLICK THIS PICASA LINK TO BE REDIRECTED TO MY ALBUM!… Read More
Week One in Arequipa comes to a close
Happy Palm Sunday!
It´s so hard to believe it has already been a week since we´ve arrived in Arequipa. Week days (for me at least) were spent painting walls with Phil, Jacky, Austin and Joseph at the little girls´orphanage, followed by evenings in the absolutely stunning Plaza de Armas. Its beauty still moves me each time I march off the bus and up to the square, bordered by age old… Read More
Sweat City in Leon.
Dariana Language School has taught our group that Spanish classes in temperatures above 94 degrees are still bearable.
We came closer to the burning sun by standing on the top of the biggest catedral in Central America, Catedral de Leon.
If you can not stand the heat, get out of Leon – and head to the beach ASAP.
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They tried to make me go to rehab…
Leaving the humidity of Kolkata behind us, we found ourselves amidst the misty mountains of the beautiful Gangtok this week. Sikkim, of the Northeast corner of India, is like nothing we have experienced in this country yet– in fact, it’s often hard to believe we are still in India. Bordered by China, Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet, and comprised of many Tibetan and Nepali people, the hussle and bussle of the… Read More
Our Time in Rwanda
We arrived in Kigali, Rwanda on Thursday to begin our stay here for only 3 nights! Our time in Rwanda has been filled with sadness, but also hope, determination, and of course some fun. Throughout our time here we visited the genocide memorial museum which gave us great insight into the horrific period of 1994. We also visited Nyamata church, this is a church where thousands and thousands of Rwandans… Read More