We’ve made it to Rajasthan! After finishing our volunteer work at the Mother Teresa House in Calcutta, we boarded a flight to Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, aka The Pink City…more like the the Terracotta City. We did a short homestay, visited the Amber Fort, and celebrated the most important of births…Coby’s! It was a very auspicious day to celebrate one’s birth, considering the fact that it was 11/11/11.Ā Next,… Read More
Hola Friends and Family- Last week we all arrived safetly in Nicaragua after a long and tiring day of traveling. Ā We were quickly greeted at the airport by Rolando, the director of our new spanish school. After a 2 hr bus ride into Leon we were dropped off in pairs for our new and final homestays!
The next day we jumped right into school, half the group in the mornings… Read More
Chao Cusco! We leave for the AMAZON tomorrow morning for ten days, yay! We will be working on a volunteer reforestation project and living in the jungle.
Cusco the past two weeks has been amazing and many of us have felt so at home here but we are stoked for a change of scenery.
Our two weeks of spanish practice and grammer flew by, and we were sad to leave… Read More
Franny and Sadie here reporting from Adelaide, having just returned from an amazing week of working with CVA (Conservation Volunteers Australia). For the first time in the trip we were separated into smaller groups in order to conquer more tasks in the duration of the week. Group 1: was Justin, Ozzy, Dylan, Frances, Hayden, Liz, and Rita. And group 2: Allison, Mike, Connie, Blair, Sadie, and Annie. We said our… Read More
Hey guys, it’s Blair and Rita again from AUSTRALIA! We never got a chance to recap on our few days in Sydney so here you go! We left Queenstown, New Zealand and arrived in Sydney last Thursday. We loved the opportunity to explore the city and see all of the exciting events going on. On Friday, we all took a ferry over to Cockatoo Island to check out the awesome… Read More
Crazy, wild, hectic, busy, AHHHH!
We have just landed in Kampala after an eight hour bus ride. As the bus was rolling into the city we all knew this huge town was going to be a wild adventure. Outside of town is where we have been resting at the one and only backpackers hostel. At the hostel we have been munching on grilled cheese sandwiches and more importantly, enjoying the… Read More
After approximately ten days volunteering in Kabale we took some time for R&R around Lake Bunyonyi. The drive there was an adventure consisting of steep bumpy roads on the side of a cliff. š It was totally worth it. We stayed at The Heart which is where Edirisa was founded. It was easy to see how someone could stay on this lake and be inspired to start such an organization.… Read More
This is really just something I’ve been thinking about as we continue our journey around East Africa. Everywhere we’ve been we’ve met people from all different places with totally different stories. They all have something in common, though. 1. They ended up in East Africa. 2. They all think positively.
I first came across this fact while talking with the Pete and Mama C. On separate occasions they each told… Read More
After a short ride to cross the border, we got to Kabale, Uganda. We made our way to the Edirisa hostel to get our bearings of the town. “The Nest” aka the lounge was our hot spot. Finding the best carrot cake in town at the Royal Cafe, we chowed down and then split into two groups for the remainder of the week. We bought all our food at the… Read More
Hehe, I love puns. Hey America!
Well, after a bustling three days in Sydney, the Mangrove Satyananda
Yoga Ashram has been a welcome change of pace for many of us. Upon our
arrival, we were greeted by Jay and Chatan, who graciously walked us
through the beautiful campus and divided the group into our respective
living arrangements (thankfully, these rooms did not harbor any
disagreeable odors; I cannot say the… Read More
We have finally safely arrived in Australia, all excited and all healthy. š
As a group we never stop going, once off the plane we made our way to Kings Cross with some interesting shuttle rides to say the least. As many of us noticed Sydney was not quite what we expected. We all felt a bit at home in our cities with the 7/11’s on every street corner and… Read More
We spent a peaceful 24 hours in Queenstown getting last minute things for our planned trek to Kepler near Te Anu. Then We got the news that due to the recent snowfall Kepler was impassable and they weren’t allowing anyone to start the trek. Since we only had a limited amount of time for our free travel we made a snap decision to attempt to change all of our plans… Read More
Namaste friends and family!
Erin here, blogging to catch you up on our many adventures since the trek!
After bidding farewell to our trekking guide, Dendu, and the cooks and porters who helped us along the way, we spent a night in Yuksom, the starting point of our trek. The next morning, we ate breakfast at the hotel before boarding a jeep to Darjeeling, a city known for its tea… Read More
Hello Carpe families,
Due to recent flooding in Thailand we have cut Bangkok out of the itinerary and decided to come to Cambodia a day early. After a brief stop in Khorat and a eight hour bus ride we arrived at the border in the city of Poi Pet. With our tactful leaders, we were able to elude the sketchy scams that were happening all around us.
We then took… Read More
Tonight over brownies, we were discussing what Hogwarts Houses we would be in if we lived in the time and world of Harry Potter! Here are the results:
Gryffindor Nate
Jessica Hufflepuff John
Alexa
Hayley Ravenclaw Stephanie
Theresa (“Chai”) Slytherin Coby
Kira
Ellen As weird as it is, it’s strangely accurate. Don’t ask how we came up with the results. Hope you enjoy!… Read More
So we’ve been in Calcutta for 6 days maybe and I would say it’s been a bit of a treat.Ā The roads are wide and smoothly paved, and a ride in a royal British motorcar taxi is hardly entertaining enough to keep your eyes on the road in front for lack of roamingĀ cows,Ā goats and dogs.Ā We stuff ourselves regularly with dosas, chicken egg rolls (different from eggrolls), andĀ … Read More
Hey everyone! It’s Chloe writing about an amazing weekend in and around Cusco, Peru.
This past Saturday, our “fun and inspiration” of the week (good ol’ Kelsey King) organized an awesome repelling day trip about an hour outside of Cusco. We set off at about 8:30 with our guides (honestly, the only name I can remember is Kung Fu Panda – one of the guide’s nick names) and drove to… Read More
Hello everyone!
We are currently in Sukhothai and enjoying everything that it has to offer. We got here after having an amazing time in the hill tribes. After a day of trekking through the mountians we spent some time staying in a Lahu village. While we were there we helped the community by building three bathrooms and we learned that the Lahu word for hello, goodbye and thank you is… Read More
Hey yo!! Its Andy here. So weĀ“ve been in Cusco for about a week now and have gotten the chance to explore and learn more about the city. Not only have we explored but we are also learning spanish at the same time!! The school FairPlay is awesome. Everyone has a teacher so the classes are one on one. We all had to take a exam before having class just… Read More
