About to be out of touch until around the 9th or 10th, hard to say for sure! Kiswahili lessons were so great and so helpful, we had some really amazing teachers. but we wrapped all that up on friday and will be heading to the orphanage tomorrow morning. Another long day of travels, but were all really looking forward to be getting out there!… Read More
Hey this is Sarah! This week we had the amazing opportunity to spend time at Pangthang Junior High! We spent time with the students teaching them some of our western games such as Bob the Weasel, Ninja and Red Light/Green Light. The students got a chance to practice their English to interact with our group members. The students were awesome and caught on really quickly to the rules. They were… Read More
Hello everyone! Sorry we haven´t been able to blog as we have had an eventful start to our trip. We started orientation in Coban, Guatemala where we got the chance to get to know each other as well as immerse ourselves into the central american culture. We stayed at an excellent hostel that should be famous for their pancakes and coffee. Our stay there was a wonderful way to begin… Read More
Namste from Sikkim,
Thanks to all that are following the blog and posting comments. We will continue to leave the storytelling to our fearless crew of Alice, Ellen, Sarah, Tully, Kaila, and Sterling. However, we did want to chime in with a couple of quick updates.
First, word of landslides and road closures in Sikkim may or may not have made the news in the States. In any case, we… Read More
With gear loaded into our packs, we headed up the mountain from McLeod Ganj, following our leader Aneil-ji. Over the course of 4 hours, we walked about 9km, at a seemingly brisk pace, though Aneilji’s wife and family soundly beat us to camp. Our time may have been lengthened by several stops for passing cows and the rain-turned-hail storm that caught several of us huddled under a tree, as well… Read More
Hi Everyone!
We’ve been here just over a week now, so hard to believe. Feels like we’ve been here so much longer then that already, we’ve done so much moving around. We landed late in Dar es Salaam after a long delay in Amsterdam. The next day we drove to Morogoro to start orientation. We started with a scavenger hunt in the city, where we actually tried to do our… Read More
Hello all! Alice here with a super duper awesome update. We left Delhi for Sikkim on Sunday. After a long travel day first on a plane then a Jeep, we arrived at our home-stay just in time for some delicious tea and a hot meal. The next day was a designated rest day, but we did very little of that (who needs rest?). We headed into the nearby town called… Read More
A slightly belated photo of the group all together at the airport in San Fran. We thought the SEAsia blog followers would appreciate a photo of all the fabulous blog authors!
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Hongi group arrived in Nadi, Fiji early Saturday morning. We traveled by bus to Tubakula Beach Bungalow. We immediately dropped our things off and decided we wanted food so we needed to go grocery shopping in town. We headed off to the nearest town, Sigatoka, got our groceries and then were paired into two’s and started a scavenger hunt. Certain tasks on the scavenger hunt included; visiting the Hindu temple,… Read More
Hello everyone,
Just wanted to take a moment, and a quick breather, to say hello to all of our followers out there. It´s been a busy first week that started off with a few bumps and potholes. We had a misplaced passport before getting on our first flight from PDX to SFO, a student whose flight was so horribly delayed they couldn´t meet the group to fly down to Central… Read More
Mambo Vipi (Whats up?) Friends and Family,
This is Drew Edwards over at HQ writing to let you all know that the group arrived safely in Iringa yesterday and are just starting their Kiswahili language classes. I heard from Lauren and Adam yesterday and they told me the group was doing AMAZING!
Though they all attempted to post some blogs while on their scavenger hunt, for some reason the blog… Read More
Hello to family and friends!
The past six days have been truly inspiring as we have spoken to influential individuals and encountered beautiful landscapes. We have spent quality time with the earth and each other, delving into our minds, hearts, and souls. The first few nights in Flagstaff, AZ were cold as we camped on the San Francisco Peaks, but we had fun and gazed at a night sky unpolluted… Read More
Bula (hello) to all!
The FANZ Walkabout group is safe and sound in the Mango bay resort nestled within the Tadrawai Valley, so all of those worried parents can take a big sigh of relief. We are currently begining day four of our jouney in the South Pacific and what an eventful four days it has been! After crossing the international dateline we landed in Nadi to be greeted by… Read More
Alice says: Using the guidelines Dan and Greta gave us, Kaila, Ellen, and I (Alice) set out to conquer Delhi. We ambitiously decided to go to the Lotus Temple, or the Baha’i House of Worship, which was located across the entire city from where our hotel was. We found our way to a Metro Station, a bit farther from where we originally intended to go and with many stops along… Read More
Namaste from group one!
Our super fantabulous scavenger hunt day began with our trek through the white land of tourism. Delhi wrapped us in its arms with overwhelming sights and smells. We wove in between the stalls of fruit vendors and rickshaws (automatic and wooden and horse-drawn and water buffaloed) in order to begin our first task of calling Greta and Dan (the leaders!) They answered with loving care and… Read More
The first couple days in Thailand has been awesome! Chiang Mai is such a beautiful city, especially the temples. The food tastes great, but i’m definitely going to get used to eating rice, it’s in almost every meal. We started our Thai language classes and our teacher is very nice and enthusiastic as we struggle through the different tones and meanings of the new language. Yesterday we visited a Buddhist… Read More
So its Emma. im chiang mai in an internet cafe chillin. im having a great time and I have no clue what to write on this blog. The days are hot, and i have 3 misquitto bites. They itch. The food is amazing and so are the smoothies. Ok im out of things to say. Emma signing off.… Read More
Chris and I are in the middle of an internet cafe in Chiang Mai. We are doing a scavenger hunt and things are coming along nicely. We’ve had a lot of unique experiences so far ranging from going to a buddhist temple to eating crickets and cayenne red peppers. It’s been a lot of fun so far and we will make sure to keep everyone posted with updates!… Read More
So this is CJ or Chris or whatever nickname any of you have called me thus far checking in.
We are officially in Thailand and at the Mojito Garden. Pretty chill so far and plenty of nice people. I’ve tried so many new kinds of food and even crickets. The latter was not my favorite. We’ve seen a Buddhist temple, taken thia lessons, and a multitude of other things. Anyways… Read More
We finally made it! The sights, people, and food are amazing. Yesterday we went to the waterfall park and visited a temple. After Derek slipped and fell into the water it was a pretty uneventful day. Although this is short we just wanted everyone to know at home we are safe and having fun. We’ll post again soon!
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