By Curtis and Jenny Friday the 15th was the start of our journey together as a Carpe Diem group. The first three days of orientation were spent getting to know everybody. We shared personal details about our lives to understand everybody’s motivation for coming on this trip. After agreeing on the rules we wanted to abide by and the skills that we all wanted to work on, we made a… Read More
By Ella, May, and Keshav Hello from an internet cafe in Connaught in New Delhi! Today is our fourth full day in Delhi and we’re doing a scavenger hunt by ourselves throughout the city. So far we’ve taken two rickshaws, been helped by a couple of friendly locals, and tried our first lassis! We’ve experienced many cool things so far in this city.
On our first full day we went… Read More
By Jake, Harrison, and Isabel Since arriving in Delhi, our group of 10 has already piled into rickshaws plenty of times to get from one place to the next. We’re a fun, loud, and silly group, but we never seem to talk much when riding in rickshaws. Maybe it’s because we have no idea if the driver will take us to the right place, or if we will get there… Read More
By Alec, Garrett, Isadora, and Emma We have been in India for six days and have seen several beautiful things and have met so many interesting locals. What makes India different than any other country is their bountiful kindness. As we walk the hectic city of Delhi, people come up to us and offer us assistance and tell us their stories. There are billions of people in this country and … Read More
Our students turned their good agreements into an amazing flag they all learned to machine sew and make, while Eric cooked a local fish stew. Each patch represents an agreement: neon represents radical honesty and the turtle symbolizes jumping outside of your comfort zone.… Read More
By Cate, Jillian, and Jon So far Nicaragua has been a blast. The traveling day was long but since we got here, we have been having a lot of fun getting to know our fellow group members and going through orientation.
This country is beautiful and we are all so excited to be here. One of the best things that we have done so far was going to a cool… Read More
By Lily, Karolina, Ella, and Nathan Hello!
Life is good here so far. We have seen lots of cute dogs and monkeys. Our group is getting along quite nicely and right now we are on a scavenger hunt around Entebbe looking for fun things.
Yesterday we went to the Saturday market and walked around. There were so many new smells and colors. We saw a guy sharpening a machete with… Read More
By Yina, Elle, and Finn On day one, after 22 hours of grueling travel, we finally made it to our hostel close to 1:00 am. Despite being exhausted, we stayed up even later to get to know each other. The hostel’s been really nice, especially the “refreshing” cold showers. Breakfast was better than we expected. Everyone in the group has been awesome and getting along as well as can be… Read More
By Emily and Lia After over 24 hours of traveling, we arrived safely in Africa!
It’s REALLY hot here—sunny and beautiful every day! The bugs aren’t bad and it cools down quite a bit at night (it gets dark around 7 pm) and the stars are AMAZING!!
So far we’ve had a lot of logistical stuff! We’re enjoying our time here, but are really excited to jump in and start… Read More
By Charlie, Sabrina, and Atticus Hello from Delhi,
This is the Rainbow Hippy Surprise group typing from Wahid’s office. We have spent the last week traveling around Delhi, visiting the Baha’i Temple, Akshardham Temple, India Gate Hamuyum Tomb, the Red Fort, Jama Mosque, Raj Ghat, Qutab Minar, and Toilet Museum. (Please note: everything typed after “Akshardham Temple” was Amir—we’ve only been to Raj Ghat, Baha’i Temple, and Akshardam Temple so… Read More
By Elsa and Ricky Hello friends and family!
All 14 of us have arrived safely in Christchurch, New Zealand, where we’ve been for a few days orienting ourselves to the program and each other.
We meet in what is called a “circle.” The name originates from the shape in which we gather. Many of us have been surprised by how quickly we’ve come to feel comfortable with one another. Without … Read More
By Frances McClain Hi—Frances here!
Unfortunately, I can’t share any photos because I only have a film camera with me, but I’m sure many will come soon considering all of our other group members brought digital cameras with them.
This is somewhat of a blogging test run—it’s only been four days, so there’s not a whole lot to report yet! Tanzania is beautiful and I love the town we’re in.… Read More
By Sea, Ben, Shira Kuyat, Lenzi, and Yeskel-Mednick Today marked our first real foray into India without the constant guiding help of our group leaders.
Armed with only a scavenger hunt list, daypacks, bright eyes, and bushy tails, we set off to seek our fortunes. We were immediately given a practical lesson in bartering (paid just a liiiiiittle too much for our rickshaw). Properly humbled, we started making our way… Read More
By Daisy ShepherdThis is the Excellent Adventure’s very important blog post! Some things in our first few days abroad:
1. We’ve heavily overpaid a rickshaw driver
2. Ate the spiciest food we’ve ever eaten in a side alley in Pahar Ganj (where this is being typed now!)
3. Visited Gandhi’s grave in Raj Ghat
4. Found the cutest puppies (and yes, parents, we washed our hands after petting them!)… Read More
By Katherine, Taylor, and GraceThailand is absolutey amazing. We’ve already experienced and learned so much and we love it here. This is our third day here. We are staying in a hostel in Chiang Mai, which is in northern Thailand. It’s beautiful here. The city is surrounded by mountains. The city isn’t like any American city; all of the buildings look like temples—and there are real temples everywhere!
The… Read More
