To start off our week in the amazon we met at the port of the tambopata river to take a 4 and a half hour boat ride up river to see where we will be working for the next week. when we arrived at Camino Verde we met Don Goyo who would be our cook for the next week, his food was absolutely amazing. Robin wnded up being a wealth… Read More
(Hello/May luck be with you in Tibetan)
Mcleod Ganj! Hills covered in forest, bright colorful houses, so many waving prayer flags. Jagged white mountains shining in the sunshine. Monks in red robes chatting on their cellphones. Tourists from all over the world, yak wool blankets and singing bowls, momos, falafel, Bhagsu cake!
We adore our homestay families! It was hard at first-A lot of us are in one room houses!… Read More
Hey everyone!
On Tuesday April 12th we said so long to the beautiful Playa and Parque Maderas and drove to Grenada to kick off our week of free-travel. This week was different than the rest of our trip in that the students decided where we go and arrange the accommodations, transportation, and other logistics to make things happen. We were led by Kaile’a, Lukas, and Emily and they did an… Read More
We finally arrived in Costa Rica’s Nicoya Peninsula last Tuesday, wet and tired after a long day of travel in public buses and rainstorms. They fed us right away on rice and beans, and we tried our best to stay awake for their presentation on this recently created turtle sanctuary, wildlife refuge, and public access beach called Camaronal.
Four types of turtles visit this three kilometer stretch to lay their… Read More
G'day Mates!
This week we have a special tag team blog for you, brought to you by Emily and Kelsey.
We spent the last 7 days traveling getting in touch with our hippie roots travelling on the Groovy Grape bus through the Outback. We left Adelaide in the early morning, picked up 4 more passengers (Boris and Peter from Switzerland, Laura from Germany, and Laurence from Belgium) and drove most… Read More
With minds as clear as the upper Ganga, we left Phool Chatti with inner peace and outward tranquility. Music rang throughout the bus on our way to the train station, thoughtless contemplation ran high. Then the tornado of Indian travel ripped its way into our consciousness, tearing at our vulnerablilities and peaceful minds. Indian stares and crowded trains were bolstered with clashing vibes and unknown motives. We looked out the… Read More
As many of you know, our heroes began their journy in Tanzania as nine
companions. Since then we have traveled many miles, lost a comrade and
experienced many strange and alien things. Now they have returned to
Tanzania, the birthplace of this adventure, ready to take the country
by storm.
RECENTLY…
Boom! Boom! Boom! The bass in JJ’s car vibrated within our chests. JJ,a happy Ugandan Jew, bobbed his head… Read More
After a couple weeks of living in a very full homestay and passing our days with Spanish classes, salsa lessons, and some slightly chaotic construction work we were all ready for some serious rest and relaxation. Lucky for us, Sunday brought the beginning of our highly-anticipated yoga retreat just thirty minutes outside of Cusco in the stunning Sacred Valley. It certainly turned out to be restful and relaxing, but more… Read More
Hello Everybody, David Horwitz here. We are all back in Adelaide after our group split in two to go and do separate CVA projects. I am here reporting on behalf of my group which was, me, Gordon, Lucy, Dylan, Christine, Kelsey, and Cliff. We traveled 8 hours in a little van/bus to Streaky Bay, where we set-up camp in a trailer park. Our leader on the trip was Geoff a… Read More
After packing up and leaving Leon, we headed out to Playa Madera. Playa Madera is a little beach about fifteen minutes outside of San Juan del Sur were surfers come from all over to catch some waves. Once we were over the initial awe of the amazing accommodations called Parque Maderas, we headed over to a small school in a nearby village to start our volunteer project.
The school has… Read More
The last 7 days of our epic adventure have been spent at Phool Chatti Ashram. Because most of the members of our group have never been to boot camp, let alone base training, I took some time to describe the similarities and eventually we all agreed:The Ashram Life= Spiritual Bootcamp. A typical day in bootcamp looks something like this- (the Ashram equivalent will be explained in parentheses)
5:30: Wake up… Read More
We made it to Nicaragua and have been in the city of Leon for about a week. Even though we’ve been in Nicaragua for just a short time, we’ve quickly noticed how different it is from Guatemala. First of all, it’s hot. Day and night. It is even 89 degrees at 9 PM. The people here are also very friendly, and busy. Whether selling plantain chips and Hollister shirts, biking… Read More
After a rigorous week in Cusco spent Salsa-ing, getting massages,putting on puppet shows, and other draining tasks (such as playing onslides), we are reading to head to the Sacred Valley and finally beable to relax.
This past week has been filled with a wide variety of super sweetactivities. We started out the week, Sunday, by attending the localsoccer team´s home game, but only have of the group really CarpeDiem´ed things… Read More
We went to Beads for Life and received a warm welcome. We then had a meeting and learned about the organization and how it was run. After we were shown how the beads were made and the process that they undergo. The organizations purpose is to give an opportunity to the poorest women in Uganda and help them start a bead business in order to support their children. Dinner was… Read More
Disclaimer
Blogs are almost inherently dishonest as it is impossible for anyone to write the truth about himself without alteration or a situation without bias. So it is with a humble undertaking in which I attempt to write a objective , and unbiased recording of Carpe Diems Fanz trip. I’m sorry as I’ve I already lied to all of you I’m not humbled to write this, and of Course I… Read More
