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Today is our first day of exploration in Antigua. Jana and I are making our way around the city as well as our senses of direction allow us, but enjoying every minute of it. We´re trying to curb our hunger because we want to space out our meals so that we don´t over eat; healthy living is one of our missions on this trip. We´re doing a scavenger hunt… Read More
In Maori, the indigenous language of New Zealand the word Hongi literally means breathe of Life. When you enter a Maori community you press your nose to everyone’s there, one by one, and share a breath together. This marks the point where you are no longer strangers and visitors, but part of the land and community and obliged to take part in it. It is with that spirit that Carpe… 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
Hasta luego friends and family!
As you are reading this, a new group of curious travelers are likely sitting in a circle somewhere in the airport getting to know their travel companions for the next three months. They have all met up, checked in, gone through security, and our ready to embark on an epic journey. It was a bittersweet good bye in the office today as we dropped Ben… Read More
Its official! The group is all together, bags are checked, smiles are prolific, they are through the gates, and in about 30 minutes they will embark on a very, very long flight to Nadi, FIji!
A journey of a 1000 miles begins with one step – 8 new travel companions along with Jessica and Justin just took that very first step. On the surface the journey will take them through… Read More
And so begins a wonderful semester! The group is together and giddy with excitement about these next three months. Everyone’s met at the airport … sadly, one of the women had to bow out at the last minute because of an unexpected medical issue – so we wish her the best and speediest of recoveries and hope she can share in this journey if only by following you all in… Read More
We have 6 of the 7 here at Pdx! We are enjoying the last American meals of gummy worms, bagels, and salads before the warm breeze of Dar Es Salaam greets us late tommorrow night. We’ll keep you posted as soon as we have Internet again.
-Team Africa… Read More
Saludos a todos los estudiantes de Carpe Diem Centro America! We hope everyone’s winter has been fantastic! We are quickly approaching our rendezvous time at the SFO airport, which is now only 1 day away. Weee! We are ridiculously excited to meet all of you and start this excitedly anticipated adventure.
This is the blog that you all will be the authors of during your semester, so please pass this… Read More
At least you will once we embark on this exciting adventure!
Justin and Jessica here in Portland, OR. We are scurrying around to finalize the details for our amazing journey. We’ve spoken to all of you as an introduction and to go over the important details of prep, packing, and placement (at the LAX airport). You should also have emergency phone numbers for the day of travel. Check… Read More
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
It’s a cold, sunny day here at the Carpe Diem headquarters in Portland, but we’re putting our hats and scarves in storage, busting out the sunblock and sandals, and brushing up on our Swahili. We fly out in a couple of days, and can’t wait until our whole group is united in Dar Es Salaam, so that we can start the adventure. For all of the family and friends… Read More
What up 2012 Hongi crew: Zachary, Ben, Annie, Anna, Michael, Katie, Morgan, Maddie, Ori, Brian, and Molly !!!
We hope you have been enjoying the last icy gasps of winter and are psyched for our South Pacific adventure. We leave in six days!
This is our group trip blog, a site where all of your friends, family and random stalkers will be able to keep track of our movements and… Read More
Thanks for all your submissions and drum roll please!
After going through a rigorous selection process, we narrowed the field down to 14 photos and 3 videos – there were so many good ones to choose from, so thank you again. We just posted the videos and pictures up on our Facebook page and now it’s time to vote on your favorites!
It’s pretty easy, just ‘like’ your favorite and… Read More
The following story is a retelling of an incredible experience I had early one morning at an Orphanage in Thailand. Enjoy! Standing in the middle of the street under a moonless night sky, I cup my hands together and blow into them for warmth. Right now its cold, but in a matter of just a few hours all that will change as the sun rises and unleashes its harsh, tropical… Read More
Thanks to all of you for your submissions for this semester’s contest! We are going through all of them right now and will post the finalists very soon for everyone to vote on their favorites. Stay tuned and thanks again for another amazing semester.… Read More
Hey Carpe heads!
These are some of the greats from SE Asia. Thanks for everything! And anyone who is reading this and considering the SEASIA trip, GO!!!! It is the most amazing, life changing, superman experience EVER! …seriously go!
Thanks again Carpe Diem, Rachel Parks … Read More
So here are a few of my favorite videos from SEAsia.
The 1st one is this string tying ritual that Thais do when someone is leaving. It’s sort of them giving a blessing on the rest of our travels. This was after our stay in the Hill Tribes. We trekked back to Chiang Rai afterwards.
The next one was a surprise! You can kinda hear Adam explaining that Mike (the… Read More
