Hi everyone,
The sun is still shining brightly today in Roatan, but it feels so different without you here. No one is shouting our names from across the room, no one is asking us questions… we’re just regular ol’ people again. But don’t worry! We took our own advice. We wrapped you all up neatly in a little package, and we’re carrying you next to our hearts.
And while our… Read More
Walking around Ho Chi Minh this morning felt quite different. Although we could still hear the incessant honking of horns, see the erratic van drivers and watch the millions of never yielding motorbikes, what we really noticed was how lonely it feels without all of you. Three months have come and gone in a flash, and as you all return to your lives back on the other side of the… Read More
The Walkabout group has departed! All safe and sound and on their way through security and towards HOME. What a wonderful journey this has been.… Read More
Hard to believe three months has gone by! With teary eyes we said goodbye to the people that has become inseparable to our wellbeing.
If you sit down with any member of our Hongi group, we will be telling you stories for days. This trip turned out to be a first time for many things. Whether it was first time away from home, first time in New Zealand/Fiji/Australia, first time… Read More
It seems crazy, but this is our final blog of an amazing three month experience! Nevertheless, these last two weeks have been just as meaningful and fun as the previous ten.
After a free day in Cairns to relax after our SCUBA adventure we drove two hours into North Queensland to work in the Daintree Rainforest. In Port Douglas we met John Rumney and Damien Settle who are working on… Read More
Dear our 12 incredible students, family and friends,
It is Rebecca and Doug (otherwise known as Douglito y Rebequita). As we wrap up our final moments together here in South America, and prepare for our last emotional goodbyes, we wanted to write to say a heartfelt thank you to our amazing team Inti. Thank you for making this the most incredible 12 weeks, full of potatoes, mountain climbing, breathtaking views,… Read More
Blog from Jada and Brent
Salaama Lekum! Jada and Brent here reporting from Zanzibar, again. We have finally reached the last leg of our journey!
We spent a week of exploring and getting lost in the streets of Stonetown, 3 days of which were spent interning at local shops getting a taste of what it’s like to work/operate a business in Zanzibar, more specifically Stonetown.
Initially arriving in Stonetown came… Read More
We’ve just heard from the leaders with the update that the entire Shiva group is safely off on their next adventures! A few will be traveling on their own in Asia for a while before returning home, while most are currently on the flight headed back towards San Francisco. They had a celebratory last day and said a joyful, tearful goodbye. Check out this sweet “final group photo!”
Much gratitude… Read More
We’ve just heard from the leaders with the update that the entire Shanti group is safely off on their next adventures! Many will be traveling on their own in Asia for a while before returning home, while others are currently on the flight headed back towards San Francisco. They had a celebratory last day and said a joyful, tearful goodbye. Check out this sweet “final group photo!”
Much gratitude from… Read More
We never thought this day would come. After all our crazy absurd adventures and experiences, we are actually down to our last few hours in Southeast Asia. Its hard to even grasp all that we have been through. From the amazing bonds with the many locals we’ve established, to the sights of Angkor Wat and everything in between, we have created lifelong lasting memories and friendships.
Our time in Vietnam… Read More
Greetings from your favorite Carpe Diem group. Group Chango has had quite an active week spent at Korimakao diving into the Cuban cultures of art, dance, music, and theater. With an extensive array of talents among our group, everyone has found a form of art that they fit into quite nicely. Myself, Mirium, Sarah, Liza, and Michelle have spent our days attempting to keep up with some of the most… Read More
With only 3 days left in India, Shiva has closed their student directed travel portion of the program. Beginning in the home of His Holiness the Dalai Lama- McLeod Ganj- and after a week working at Dev Bala Farm, we settled into this tourist-y part of Himachal Pradesh. We first saw the the Tibetan history museum, which was full of personal accounts from Tibetan refugees, staggering statistics, and detailed displays… Read More
Namaskar friends, family and anonymous readers! Emilia here, writing this from Rajasthan, the westernmost state of northern India!
We left the mountains and Mother Ganga behind in Rishekesh, and took a 13 hour train ride to the desert! Our adventure began on the train to Jaipur, when a bunch of kids came to visit our bunk to talk and sing with us and tell us about their yoga competition they… Read More
Dear Parents,
Do you miss us? Of course you do, how could you not? It’s been quite a while since you’ve had the grace of seeing the beautiful faces you’ve all raised, although worry not- we will all be returning in just over a week to eat you out of house and home, and make an unnecessary amount of noise at 1 A.M.
Now that the introduction is out of… Read More
Costa Rica- Pura vida!
After a 4:30 am wake up and around 14 hours of traveling, we finally made it to Costa Rica! We were welcomed with a huge fiesta at one of the homestays, accompanied by a drastic difference in food; Ribs and BBQ chicken instead of just the usual rice and beans. We were given a quick intro to CIRENAS, the program that we worked with for the… Read More
This past week, our group went on a yoga retreat just outside of Cusco at a place called Inbound Yoga. When we arrived, we were met by Chaitanya, our meditation and yoga instructor for the week. We were led to quaint volunteer stays made from only mud and straw. The retreat doubles as an ecofarm, with compost toilets and solar panels as the only source of electricity. The farm has… Read More
How ya goin’, Mate?
This past week, we embarked on our long awaited scuba/snorkel adventure in the Great Barrier Reef. For those of you who don’t know, the Great Barrier Reef, located of the coast of Queensland is the largest coral system on Earth. It can even able to be seen from space! When it comes to scuba diving the Great Barrier Reef is widely regarded as one of the… Read More
