Follow the Journey

Our first few days in Guayaquil, Ecuador have been sweaty, hot, and a whole new adventure, but we´re already loving it! The mango tree outside our window has been like our constant vending machine and the fresh juices served seemingly everywhere, help with the humidity. So far everyone is super chill and we´re becoming tighter as a group by the second. Shout out to our parents with lots of love,… Read More

Hello from Guayaquil!! We are currently running around the city in a scavenger hunt and we are winning!! its a beautiful day and are getting excited to work on rio muchachos but not so excited for the 8 hour bus ride!! We are in a rush so we have to go! Bye! lots o love… Read More

It´s a gorgeous day in Guayaquil! about 85 degrees and it feels like trying to breathe in a swimming pool. We´re all safe! gorgeous city, beautiful country. Can´t  wait to get to Rio Muchacho organic farm tomorrow! 8 hour bus ride!! wooo!!!! Much love and safe travels   drew and eli… Read More

Good bye Pizza Hut, hello ceviche! Our South America crew is all together, headed through security, and ready to embark on this incredible 3 month chapter of their lives!  Despite the hour (3:30 AM, PST) and the fact that their flight does not take off for a few more, there is not a single yawn to be heard in the group.  You can feel the excitement of these explorers and… Read More

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Hey SAMers!  It’s only a few days now until we are meeting up in LAX bright eyed and bussy tailed at 3am in the morning, which is going to be super fun.  We are meeting at the TACA counter…Feb 9th 3am.   We are both excited about the growth, laughter, and fun we are going to experience in the upcoming months of journeying through two of the most spectacular countries in… Read More

Hola! It’s Megan blogging from mi casa in Massachusetts. I cannot believe the trip is over. I miss everybody so much!! I went to Trader Joe’s and   bought a tub of mandarins (clementines…) and they’re seedless! What is this nonsense? And as I suspected, talking about #2 is not as widely accepted here (told you, Maleea). Things that are nice: my bed! hot showers all the time! toilets! not paying… Read More

Wow!! That little word doesn´t even go to express what I felt on the trek to Machu Pichu. It was beautiful sight after another. The whole trek was an absolutely amazing experience because our tour guides were the best but not only that but we had to work in order to see these one of a kind sites. I loved every moment of the hike. Even the uphills which were… Read More

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Hola mi famila y amigos. this has been one fun rest period (relatively speaking)  from working everyday. As Megan has said we have safely returned from the jungle.  On Wednesday after we reached our hotel, after picking up our things from John’s and then dropping off our laundry many of us became reacquainted with a computer and or our beds in our hostel,  I know I did.  Thursday was our… Read More

Hola familia y amigos 🙂 Once again it is Megan blogging from Cusco. HAPPY THANKSGIVING! It’s crazy this will all be over in two weeks. I hope my family is ready to deal with some sucio laundry and backpack que huele malo. Good news: we survived the selva! Volunteering with Robin at Camino Verde was awesome. Our days consisted of waking up at 5:40am, eating breakfast at 6am,… Read More

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Chao Cusco! We leave for the AMAZON tomorrow morning for ten days, yay! We will be working on a volunteer reforestation project and living in the jungle. Cusco the past two weeks has been amazing and many of us have felt so at home here but we are stoked for a change of scenery. Our two weeks of spanish practice and grammer flew by, and we were sad to leave… Read More

Hey everyone! It’s Chloe writing about an amazing weekend in and around Cusco, Peru. This past Saturday, our “fun and inspiration” of the week (good ol’ Kelsey King) organized an awesome repelling day trip about an hour outside of Cusco. We set off at about 8:30 with our guides (honestly, the only name I can remember is Kung Fu Panda – one of the guide’s nick names) and drove to… Read More

Hey yo!! Its Andy here. So we´ve been in Cusco for about a week now and have gotten the chance to explore and learn more about the city. Not only have we explored but we are also learning spanish at the same time!! The school FairPlay is awesome. Everyone has a teacher so the classes are one on one. We all had to take a exam before having class just… Read More

¡Hola! It´s Megan blogging from Cusco, Peru. We are finally here and it´s going to be an awesome final stretch! I cannot believe how quickly this trip has gone by. So happy to hear everybody enjoyed the photos from Ecuador! It was not easy uploading them but definitely worth the effort 🙂 Entonces, last week was free travel and we spent it in Huaraz and Trujillo/Huanchao. The terrain here is… Read More

It´s Megan blogging from Trujillo, Peru! I hope all is well at home and I miss everybody so much. I wanted to give Ecuador a little shout out before I move on to Peru and have worked very hard to upload all these photos. Enjoy!! (Written on Saturday October 23, 2011) Tomorrow is our last day in Quito and Ecuador. I think I am sad to leave Ecuador. I´ve gotten… Read More

Finally! Free travel! After endless group meeting and discussions we are finally in the middle of our free travel week. We have choosen to go to Huaraz and Trujillo,  Peru. Right now we are in Huaraz staying at the lovely Caroline Lodging. Yesterday we broke up into three groups. My group consisted of Magen, Kelsey and Elta and we went horse back riding. Meghan, Chloe and Helen went to Lagoon… Read More