Hello to everyone back home, this is Blake from the SE Asia group. At this point we’ve been in Thailand for almost 2 weeks now.The first week we were traveling through Chiang Mai, adventuring through the city. While we were there we saw some amazing wats (temples where the monks study) went to incredible night markets and even munched on some fried crickets and worms! Yum!
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We’ve now been in our Fijian village for 4 days and everyone is doing really well so far. Yesterday we traveled with the village rugby team into town and cheered them on as they won the league championship. Go Green Go! The group will be heading back into town on Thursday for a visit to the sugarcane mill – stay tuned for an update on Thursday. Much love to all… Read More
Three full days us traveling got us all from Portland to JFK to Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam and finally to Morogoro where we had our first chance to rest and take in the beauty of Africa. We learned a lot in Morogoro, and most of that came from our leaders, but on our last day, they paired us up and sent us off into the city to explore. It… Read More
Hey all you beautiful people reading this,
It’s emily, coming to you from Raki Raki Fiji. Not so sure as to where we left off our even started, but this week has been something!
We arrived to our village (Vatusekiyasawa) on Monday and all moved in with our homestay families. The village is smaller and has about 317 people in the whole thing. We spend a lot of our days… Read More
Hi all,
We have made it to Nicaragua–safe and sound! We will be posting our first full blog by the end of this weekend; so, keep an eye out for that!
Love,
The Itza Group… Read More
Hello all! We are all showered and cleaned up as we just returned home to McLeod Ganj after five days spent trekking in the beautiful Himalayas. We started out from our guest house in town, met up with our guide Anil and began the ascent right from town! The first night was spent at Triund where we were all taken away by the incredible views, delicious food, and steaming chai,… Read More
Hi friends and family! Shane and Maya here, we were assigned the role ¨Bilbo Bloggins¨ for this week, which means that we are responsible for the official group blog! We were all assigned roles, some are in the big leagues, and involve figuring out lodging and transportation for the group, and there are other jobs, like ours, that aren’t quite so serious! These will switch weekly though, so expect to… Read More
If asked to describe these past days, this one in particular, I am not sure I would be able to respond. Today, we woke up, again, to the sounds a rooster makes at the crack of dawn. We gathered as a group for breakfast, telling stories of our nights and dreams. After our bellies were full, we started walking to a nearby village. There, we explored an open air market… Read More
We’ve celebrated the completion of our 4-day in-country orientation and set out to travel overland through Uganda. Becky, our first team captain, and Mia, our transportation coordinator, blew our minds as they casually bargained for the best Matatu (taxi-bus) rates. They pretty much got us from doorstep to doorstep without even breaking a sweat….a HUGE accomplishment for two people who’ve only been in the country for 5 days! It’s hard… Read More
Bula family,
Gabrielle and I are sitting in a local internet cafe trying to cool off after doing a little touring around the city. It has been super exciting being off on our own and getting to be fully immersed in the culture. We just left St. Johns school which is located now far from the local market center downtown. It was an incredible feeling and experience for both of… Read More
Bula!Today Gracie and I are exploring the local Fijian City. All the old buildings are run down and smelly but the people are beautiful and would offer us their lives. Every now and than we get pressured into buying jewelry that we dont want, but in the end we love. We got very dope looking sulus that matches the outfits we have packed and we are super excited to explore… Read More
Tia and I have been cruising around a local Fijian village trying to rock out this scavenger hunt assigned by Ryan and Cheridyn. We are currently completing task number four, posting a blog on the blog site with a super cool picture. It has been a really awesome experiencing a local Fijian market and working together to complete the scavenger hunt. We have to purchase historic Fijian clothing while accounting… Read More
Bula bula bula! Me and Pete are scavenger-hunting in the fijian marketplace. So far we’ve managed to snag one sulu at a local boutique, we’re still on the hunt for three more sulus and maybe a sarong for Shelby. Our budget is 50 fijian dollars, or somewhere 25 American dollars. We’ve got a few fijian words down, and we’re trying to use them on our scavenger hunt. We’re having a… Read More
Hellllloooo family, Carpe friends, and everyone in between!
We’re in the midst of a scavenger hunt, our first duty was to buy sulus (traditional skirts worn by men and women in Fijian villages) but we decided to post first 🙂
Rebecca: What can I say? We’re in Fiji having an amazing time on this beautiful island!!! We’ve been staying at the beautiful Mango Bay Resort, which is right on… Read More
Bula!
Nothing better then snorkeling in the clear Fijian ocean, Elee told us the hotspot to find blue starfish, coral walls, eels, and many multi colored fish (BEAUTIFUL) the second you hit the water the wild life comes out to be seen, they can just feel your positive energy! Now we’re in the market so stoked to learn about so many new things about this beautiful culture we are so… Read More
Greetings!
The group has just settled in on our first night in the quaint yet mystical McLeod Ganj nestled just below the Himalayas. I think I can speak for the group when I say we are all exuberantly happy here. This picture sums up our brief orientation atop the Tara Guest House in Delhi. Many memories were made looking out onto colorful prayer flags flapping in the wind, the occasional… Read More
Bula!
After what must have been a LONG travel day for the group, they have officially checked into Mango Bay Beach Resort, their beautiful beachside orientation site where they will continue getting to know one another better and delving into the nuts and bolts of what makes for an amazing trip!
The group had been having sessions on cultural exchange, group agreements, health and safety, and other topics. The group… Read More
Habari zenu (How are y’all) Kifaru blog followers!
This picture is from the Rock Garden during the heart of orientation outside Morogoro. An amazing spot! A few highlights to note would be mostly everyone in the group being going super adventurous on food from fish eyes to Ox liver…and everything in between.
Today everyone successfully navigated the city of Morogoro practicing their Swahili buying local produce, Kangas(sarongs), and snacks to… Read More
Hello everyone,
Our journey to Thailand was very long and tiresome. 14 hour flight to Hong Kong, 9 hour layover before our flight to Chiang Mai, and other 3 hour flight to Chiang Mai. I think we all had the best night of sleep ever our first night here. We are all so excited to be here, and we have had an amazing time in the short time we… Read More
Hi everyone,
So far Thailand is rad. It’s hard to believe we’re all finally here–and even harder to believe we’re going to be here for the next three months! Life here is so different from what we are used to back in the States.
The people are so friendly; we’re having fun practicing our newly learned Thai vocabulary with the locals. It is so humid and hot, we’re all sticky… Read More
