Hi friends. So while most everyone is out in what seems like the middle of nowhere, I am over here chilling and living the city life in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am constantly surrounded by beautiful architecture, so many people who are constantly stopping to window shop, and the sound of cars rushing down the streets. Let’s just say that the city life has been a major transition from the… Read More
Hello everybody 🙂 It has been an awesome past week since arriving. Safe to say no one has been disappointed with New Zealand. And wow, what a squad that has been assembled for this journey. It’s hard to believe that this is actually happening. Everything has been going great so far and there is so much more to come.
On our first day in New Zealand, we were let loose… Read More
I got word from the group that they are doing GREAT! After an amazing 3 days of orientation in a small beach town outside of Wellington, they headed to the Family Farm to begin their week WWOOFing. They are diving into all things farm-life now and will be sending a more detailed blog soon (they had some troubles getting the blog to upload). For now I’ll leave you with these… Read More
Kenya and Paulo here! Namaste from India!
we have been staying at the Wongdhen house and loving every minute of it. Today is the last day of orientation and we (the shanti group) have been getting to know each other better over various meals at delicious restaurants and a very intense , sass filled game of late night UNO. We have consumed copious amounts of morning chai, because chai is… Read More
Straight from New Delhi, India, here’s the report. After an exhausting airplane ride and an exciting first few days in India, I’m happy to say we’re all doing fine and enjoying each other’s company. Lots of strange new foods have been eaten and lots of stories are yet to be made. Hope everything is going well in America!
-Alex… Read More
Our first days in Dehli have been soundaryayukt (beautiful). We are enjoying the views from our peaceful guest house in the hectic city where we see birds of prey, stray dogs, and water-buffalo wander the streets. We have already been touched by the magic of India on our trip yesterday to the temple of Kali, the goddess of death. The food is already beyond our high expectations and we cant… Read More
INDIA!!! DELHI!!!!!
Hello from Georgia and James!
Currently we are finishing up our scavenger hunt (obviously we are going to win). Today we traveled by Rickshaw and, bravely, the Metro, to a Bazaar on Chandi Chowk in Old Delhi. We ate some spicy Aloo (potatoes) and bread with a married couple and an interesting silent man. After, we walked through a park and a guy called James out as a… Read More
Our first few days in Delhi have been glorious, overwhelming and over all awesome! We are all Packed up and ready for our first train ride to the gorgeous and spiritual city of Varanasi!! I am beyond eager to arrive and see this bustling holy city for myself!… Read More
Hello friends, family, or whomever may be reading this blog:
This is our second day here in Delhi, India and so far we are having a fantastic time. We have spent numerous hours getting to know each other and going over group orientation, but have still been able to go out and about through the chaotic streets of Delhi. Honestly it has been totally overwhelming but we are starting to… Read More
The first day of our trek was very long and windy! We traveled about five hours on plane to Guatemala city then took a very long road trip to Xela, Guatemala. We settled into our hostel and our group dynamic as we spent the first couple of days in Orientation. So far we have had four meals on our own in the city of Xela and the group is loving… Read More
Sa-wat-dee (hello) family and friends!
We have arrived in Thailand healthy and happy and are so excited to begin our adventure!
This is our third day in Chiang Mai, and we’ve been having a great time exploring the city, eating amazing food, taking our first Thai lessons, and getting to know each other!
Tomorrow we have our second Thai lesson, and then will be heading off to the village of… Read More
India is great. i got here safe for everyone back home who is worrying. the food is amazing the culture is interesting and the the people in my group are the best. sorry that this is a short post but i want to get back to exploring the city… Read More
It was a very cool experience seeing my first Thai temple. We were walking around the old city of Chang Mai when Olivia spotted it from a distance over some low buildings and said “woah what is that!?.” So we all decided that whatever it was that we were doing wasn’t as important and we walked over. We walked in behind some newer buildings and past an unusual number of… Read More
For anyone reading this, I am alive, and so is everyone else 🙂 After making it through the plane rides and sort of acclimating to the altitude we finally settled down in a cozy hostel. Never in my life have I been more greatful of seeing a bed with a comfortable pillow.
The first days were spent doing orientation and exploring the city, struggling to walk up steep hills and… Read More
On February 12th at 7 pm we left on a tasteful journey through the streets of Quito. At the first stop we made we tasted morochu, some delicous beef, and a fried mashed potato dish. The next stop we made which was right up the street was this place serving fried plantains and different types of tamales. At this stop they served us this delicious fruit smoothie drink and morochu… Read More
We are currently in an internet cafe in Quito Ecuador. We got to tour around Quito yesterday, and did a food tour last night. Today we are are exploring the town through a scavenger hunt. It is challenging to navigate around the city, but we are managing to get by with very clumsy spanish! Signing out yo!… Read More
Hi mom, hi dad. Quito is cool. We’ve been doing a lot of orientation type stuff so far with a bit of exploring the city. The group is good also. The food is surprisingly good, seems really unhealthy and greasy but it tastes good. We’re leaving Quito the day after tomorrow to go to the coast and a banana farm.… Read More
The first day here was amazing. The sight descending down to Quito was beautiful. The giant hills and ravine were a sight to see. I’m in awe as to how they get the houses built up in such places. The heat really hit me once we exited the airport but it was still a beautiful country. All the other people that in this group are amazing and knowledgeable and give… Read More
Hola!! I am writing here from an internet café with my buddy Michael. We are currently on a scavenger hunt, including learning a local spanish phrase, or ask a local about the issues in Guatemala to an internet café and write a blog, so check that one off the list. We arrived yesterday, long day of traveling, 5 hour plane ride followed by a 4 hour bus ride getting us… Read More
Today, Kate and I struck out on our own to explore the city of Xela through a fun scavenger hunt activity. After eating some DELICIOUS tacos en el parque central, we set off to find the bus terminal and acquire a bus schedule. After talking with the locals, we learned we would be hard pressed to find one, as buses in Xela don’t run on schedules! We’ve now reached an… Read More
