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Eco-Lodge and City Adventures
After an exciting week full of turtles and sleep deprivation, we packed our bags and caught a bus back to San Jose for the night. We stayed at Mi Tierra, a local hostel, and because of the size of our group (a whopping 14 people) we had the whole place to ourselves!
The next morning we swapped tires for wings and flew to Guatemala City, Guatemala. The view from the… Read More
More Viñales photos
Working on a tobacco farm in Viñales… Read More
Cutting It Close
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This week has been crazy hectic between jumping off a ten hour train to Ayutthaya, bicycling around the city, then heading to Bangkok for three days where we got to witness the people’s reactions to the king’s death firsthand. Every single citizen in the city is dressed in black to show they are mourning. We stumbled upon a mourning ceremony devoted to making sure… Read More
Costa Rica and Turtles!
Hola!
Following Ezra´s last post of our time in San Juan Del Sur, we took a bus from San Juan to Rivas, then waited a while for another bus, which then took us across the border (long process of getting on and off the bus about three times) and into Costa Rica. Once across the border, we bussed for the next 4 or so hours and arrived in San Jose.… Read More
Week four updates
Hello family, friends, and all peoples who have come to this blog. It is I, Caden,
your guide to all things about our tour of Cuba. Last week in our travels we were in the
city of Santiago, known for its rebellious history, Afro-Cuban culture, and being really,
really hot. After the excitement of Hurricane Matthew, and the disappointment and relief
that it didn’t hit, we got settled in for… Read More
All the rest of NZ!
Adios Student Directed Travel! Let’s take a moment to admire how much ground we covered, meals we ate, places we stayed, and the people we’ve befriended along the way. Go Hongi!
Now moving on. Our new host, Tiaki, took us to a retreat cottage. Upon arrival he introduced us to Rob, an elderly man you could just look at and tell he was filled with wisdom. We helped him cut… Read More
Mud Houses & Dirt Diggin’
Our Pun Pun experience started out by walking on a dirt path surrounded by soil bringing life to the Earth and trees blossoming on the mountains. Soon we were enthusiastically greeted by the community at Pun Pun, including the volunteers from around the world and the locals. Once we arrived at our charming mud house, we felt the weight of our 65 Liter backpacks lift off our shoulders. We also… Read More
Un Poco de Nica!
Arriving at 9:00 Am, Mategalpa tours took us in a van up to the cloud forest 40 minutes away. Our guide walked us through the lush forest full of insects, and birds we never saw but heard because of the thick canopy shading us from the world above. Every animal camouflaged in their own unique way, every organism coinciding with the habitat surrounding them. We then took some silent time… Read More
Shanti in West Bengal
Greetings from Kolkata, or Calcutta for anyone who took highschool geography before 2001. We sincerely hope that our blog is allowing all our readers to vicariously enjoy India. My name is Nate and this week I’ve been tasked with adding a little bit more to the story. It’s been a fast and furious week for the Shanti group. Last you heard from us we were attempting to attain enlightenment for… Read More
Pucará blog and pics
“This is one of the prettiest places I’ve ever been” – Hollyn
¡Bienvenidos a Pucará! For the past 5 days, we’ve been spending our time in the beautiful subtropical climate known as the cloud forest. We’ve been staying individually with host families, and spent two of our days volunteering and helping with reforestation. We were able to see the whole process of making coffee all the way from picking the… Read More
From NZ to Fiji!
Bula! We have arrived safely in Fiji, after our unforgettable experience in New Zealand!
The few days we spent at the marae with the Ngai Tahu iwi (tribe) was the perfect way to finish our journey in the South Island. Manaia, our host at the marae, taught us about a chemical free way to cultivate potatoes, the history and spirit of the land, and the future of the Ngai Tahu… Read More
On To Tanzania
Blog from Paiton and Brent. Mambo! Hello from Morogoro, Tanzania! We started this week in Rwanda, and a lot has happened since. At the beginning of our week we journeyed to Huey for a coffee tasting. After sampling some of the pride of Rwanda, we embarked on an educational trek about the life of the coffee bean from cultivation to cup. We learned that Huey Mountain Coffee Company supplies beans… Read More
San Juan del Sur
Arrival at San Juan Del Sur! We´ve finally reached out first student directed travel destination. Everyone´s expectations were totally blown out of the water as soon as we stepped into the hostel. The hostel we are staying at, Casa De Oro, is a comfortable change from Bona Fide. Instead of sleeping with mosquitos and tarantulas and whatever other bugs decide to get friendly at night, we actually have air conditioning… Read More
Student Directed Travel!
Kia Ora! We are finally settling down here in a Marae outside of Christchurch nestled on the harbor banks following our four day experience with student directed travel! After leaving Family Farm, we bussed down to Wellington and spent two days exploring New Zealand’s city life. Wellington is the capital of NZ and reminds us of a small San Fran meets Seattle with endless coffee houses, bookstores and vintage shops.… Read More
What will happen next?
Thursday October 13th 2016 the King of Thailand passed away. It has been a huge shock for the entire country, in which every citizen adored him. On our bus ride from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai we started to see the country grieve. Not as many people were out, those that were wore black / darker colored clothes. The flag not only of Thailand, but the flag for the king… Read More
Guatemala City to Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Hola amigos.
After an amazing weekend of student directed travel in Antigua the group took a van to Guatemala City and arrived at the G22 complex. G22 is an organization that focuses on urban sustainability and renewable energy. They participate in numerous projects in Guatemala and other countries around the world helping reduce urban waste and promote conservation of natural resources.
This was the first week the group spent living… Read More
