Walkabout crew is back and ready to attack! This past week was spent at the Blue Mountain Adventure Center where our days were jam packed with epic-ness. We started off by meeting Reggie the friendly pet goat. Then we jumped head first into a week of mountain biking, repelling, hiking, caving and river rafting. Some of us even formed a fellowship and attempted to summit Mount Doom! All in… Read More
Sa-wat-dee-kha! Indy here. It’s kinda hard to speak for the group this week, since we’re all at separate homestays in a village outside Mae Rim, but I’ll do the best I can!
Each morning, we meet up at the Ajun Petchara’s eco lodge, where we take Thai language lessons! I personally am doing alright with the language, but it’s pretty difficult. Still, the lessons are fun. Our homework one… Read More
Hello family and friends of Carpe Diem students. I’m Kylie and I’m our group’s first “blogger”! I’m writing from an awesome Internet cafe in Jinja, Uganda to update you all on our adventures.
We began our trip with a laid back orientation in Entebbe. We split into groups for a scavenger hunt, ate authentic Ugandan cuisine, and even made friends with some locals. Most importantly, we got to know each… Read More
Hi friends! Sophia again, we are currently in Jaipur, getting ready to leave for Udaipur tonight. We’ve kept ourselves busy this past week: eating glorious meals with our host families (and losing many games of chess), we’ve visited numerous organizations that have opened our minds and hearts. We went to a paper production factory on the first day. It gave me a new appreciation for gift bags, after watching the… Read More
Hello everyone! Our group has spent the last week here in Xela, Guatemala. We were all placed in homestays and have attended Spanish school Monday through Friday. It has really been an amazing trip so far. I love our group and our leaders more and more as we get to know eachother better. This week we have walked all around the markets of Xela and also visted the “fiesta” in… Read More
This just in from our Greg at the Family Farm in New Zealand. The group has been doing awesome pruning trees, digging thistles, milking cows, feeding calves and pigs and hens, cooking meals, and more. Tomorrow the plan is to dock some lambs….should be a new experience for all!
More updates to come soon.… Read More
The group arrived Wednesday at our beautiful hostel in the center of the city for orientation. After a few days we are feeling very prepared and excited for the rest of our journey!
Today we took a much needed trip outside to hike to a local park overlooking the city. We took some photos of the scenery and played some capture the flag between the trees. Some local children noticed… Read More
I tried to post this yesterday, but I think my pictures were too big for the internet to handle. I’m trying again today with fewer pictures. Hello from Iringa, Tanzania! Yesterday we woke up early in Morogoro and packed ourselves up to go to Iringa. We said goodbye to our lovely hostess in Morogoro, Dimitra, who was very nice and always an interesting source for conversation. We got in taxis… Read More
A few group photos from the South America group’s orientation. They are at language school on the coast currently and have limited access to internet this week. But look for more posts from them next week!… Read More
Just now, I Googled the definition of “frazzled” and this is what I got.
1. completely exhausted.
2. cause to shrivel up with burning.
These both perfectly apply to my experience of India so far.
But besides the exhaustion at the end of each day, the oppressive heat, the wonderful food (which for once is finally too spicy for me sometimes), I have found some sort of indescribable beauty to… Read More
We are all having so much fun together here at orientation.
We are learning about India, each other, and becoming a solid community.
Jeremy and I are so excited for the next 3 months!
Enjoy the photos 🙂… Read More
Hello everyone!
It’s Gabriela here, and we have made it safe and sound to Delhi! We are staying in the Tibetan Colony right outside of central Delhi, and it is such a great place to be. For me, it is even more special because I was just in Tibet last month. While being in the Tibetan Colony, I have seen a Tibetan flag for the first time and seen many… Read More
Hi everyone! We are in Antigua doing a scavenger hunt around the town. Running around town, being sophisticated travelers, speaking fluently with ease, and having no troubles at all! LOL, actually, to be completely honest, we are having a wonderful time. Working our best to speak the language and communicate (some of us better than others), being smart, and trying to find some local authentic food that wont make us… Read More
Greetings from the Shiva (pronounced like she-va, not like “sitting shiva” as I first thought) Group of India! We are absolutely loving it here in Delhi at the Tibetan colony, Majnu-Ka-Tilla, where we are staying. We have had so much fun playing with the local children, finding a litter of puppies (that will potentially be sent to my home in Kansas — sorry Mom), and exploring the great city of… Read More
Hola Amigos!
Today is day two of our three month adventure. We are currently in the historic district of Quito, Ecuador getting acquainted with the area as well as the language by doing a Busqueda del Tesoro, or Scavenger Hunt. After three hours wandering in circles and struggling to find a single avocado for a sandwich, we are thankfully seated in an internet cafe to update everyone at home of… Read More
Hello all friends and family!
Inga and Allie here from the FANZ Walkabout Crew. Today marks our last night in Plimmerton as well as our orientation. We’ve had an amazing past couple of days getting to know eachother, checking out local sights and setting our intentions for the next 3 months. The weather has been pretty rainy but has not dampened our spirits! In this short amount of time we… Read More
Hello all friends and family! Today marks our last night in Plimmerton as well as our orientation. We’ve had an amazing past couple days getting to know each other, checking out local sights, and setting our intentions for the next three months.
The weather has been pretty cloudy and rainy here but it has in no way dampened our spirits. Our group has grown from strangers to family in a… Read More
It’s been an amazing experience so far, my expectation of Asia are better than before, everything: people, food, weather, language …are amazing! I like the group with our leaders Topher and Lindsay, it is okay because I’m coming for the first time but definately I have to come back!
It reminds me a lot of Ecuador and I feel that knowing some stuff from the city and prices make it… Read More
Hello friends and family,
We’ve been in Chaing Mai for about 4 days now, but without any technology and with the time change, we aren’t really sure how long its been. It’s so refeshing– the people, the culture, the lack of connection with our past. It’s a rebirth of the mind and soul; I’ve never felt so free, yet so at home. The unknowns have become the teachers of our… Read More
Hi this is Cole! Finally I’ve found my way to an internet cafe, the only issue is if i can find my way back… this is our third full day in Chiang Mai, i think? It has been hard keeping track when my head is buried in bowls of food. To the annoyance of my group I’ve been waking up around six in the morning, which never would have been… Read More
