After a rigorous week in Cusco spent Salsa-ing, getting massages,putting on puppet shows, and other draining tasks (such as playing onslides), we are reading to head to the Sacred Valley and finally beable to relax.
This past week has been filled with a wide variety of super sweetactivities. We started out the week, Sunday, by attending the localsoccer team´s home game, but only have of the group really CarpeDiem´ed things… Read More
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Power to the Africa Crew
We went to Beads for Life and received a warm welcome. We then had a meeting and learned about the organization and how it was run. After we were shown how the beads were made and the process that they undergo. The organizations purpose is to give an opportunity to the poorest women in Uganda and help them start a bead business in order to support their children. Dinner was… Read More
Everyone at the Phool Chatti Ashram… Read More
Notes of Australia.
Disclaimer
Blogs are almost inherently dishonest as it is impossible for anyone to write the truth about himself without alteration or a situation without bias. So it is with a humble undertaking in which I attempt to write a objective , and unbiased recording of Carpe Diems Fanz trip. I’m sorry as I’ve I already lied to all of you I’m not humbled to write this, and of Course I… Read More
The Indian Limelight
In a country where the word ‘cricket’ means little more than a noise-making bug, you may find it hard to grasp the greater meaning of the word cricket, the cricket that may forever change the face of India. With wickets and overs and bowlers and sixes, you muggles may ask yourselves: what in the name of Ganesh is all this rubbish-talk all about? Ladies and gentlemen, its cricket. Its a… Read More
Rishikesh
Today we will be leaving our free days at our guest house in Rishikesh and on to the ashram.While in Rishikesh we stayed at a wonderful cottage, and although the boys seemed to be favored by the restaurant workers, we always finished our meals happily. We have enjoyed our free days very much here in the yoga capital of the world. We have had chances to go shopping, eat falafel,… Read More
Cusco: Week 1
This was our first week in Cusco. We arrived here last Sunday on a plane from Lima. We are all staying as one big family in one house, which we share with the old couple who lives there. We're studying at a Spanish school called FairPlay. FairPlay helps reduce poverty by providing jobs and training to single mothers who may have been involved in abusive relationships. Every afternoon we have… Read More
Semuc and Beyond
Hi all!
Well I´m sorry to be posting so late and so little but there´s just so much going on and so little time to write about it!
A lot has happened in the past few weeks since we left Rocj Pomtila.Our first stop was the beautiful mirador at Semuc Champey where we climbed the breathtaking waterfalls and explored a network caves. We began our cave tour by wading into… Read More
YES and Lake Nkuruba
After free travel came to an end, we arrived at Youth Encouragement Services (YES). It was a quiet and beautiful hostel with purple morning glories growing abundantly along the fence. We were all more than happy to find that showers, bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen were in good condition and easily available. We were even spoiled with access to a volley ball net and a ping pong table, where some very… Read More
Week 7 Already (part 2)
Hey all,
Boy what a last few days we have had! Arriving in Queenstown on Wednesday afternoon was really nice. The flight in was quite fun as well. Aside from the scenery change going from the North to South Island, during our descent the plane went down at a much steeper angle than usual, and each time we would get close to the ground, it turned out to be more… Read More
Week 7 already!!
Hey all,
After departing our unforgettable time at OPC (thank you again to Mark and Ken,) we returned to the Extreme Backpackers Hostel for the night. Many of us chose to do laundry, connect with family and friends on the internet, watch episodes of friends, roam around Turangi, play Bananagrams (a variation of scrabble,) and make dinner in the hostels kitchen. Not surprisingly, we were all fairly worn out from… Read More
Mangos, Bon Bon Bums, and Orange Coconuts
Hey everyone,
Though long over due, here is my post for Rocj Pomtila:
There are some benefits to having a 20 degree sleeping bag. The first of which is the rare instance when Guatemalan weather decides to be cool. There are a myriad of survival tips that solely rely on a sleeping bag. Be it braving the mountains of Lake Atitlan or hiding in Helena`s abnormally tall bag (I am… Read More
The Tremendous Trek
Although three of us were sadly unable to go on our trek last week, the six of us remaining had a great adventure. We had a couple struggles, but were all able to keep high spirits and push threw them. The high altitude helped bring a few laughs too!
Every morning during our trek we would get into a circle and the captains of the day would warm us up.… Read More