Well the Shiva group has quite the week. We just completed our nine day stay at a sustainable living community called Dharmalaya. While we were there we did a variety of things from pugging mud with our feet to masonry with adobe bricks (my personal favorite!). It was a tough experience for each one of us in a variety of ways but everyone was able to take something away from… Read More

Hi guys! It’s Blanca here not to be confused with the name that’s being attached to this blog- some of us forgot our passwords and Haley Murphy is such an amazing human being for letting us use her account! 😉 P.S “Holi Camel” was written by Travon Braswell and he deserves credit for it 🙂 Back to buisness!.. After two very tiring over night train rides we finally arrived to… Read More

A lot has happened this past week and a half and like a toddler with a tower of Legos, I’m about to break it down for y’all. After a month and some time we’ve finally been through our first desert city here in India which was Jaisalmer and boy did it get hot. We finally got see how a gingerbread man/woman in an oven feels like but aside from the… Read More

Our days in Kolkata have been pretty full. Most of us have started our service work at the mother Theresa houses and have had mixed reactions and experiences with it but are still enjoying our time with the organization. Yesterday we got back from our trip to the beautiful Sundarban river delta and mangrove forest that is home to crocodiles, Bengal tigers, spotted deer, wild boar and various types of… 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