Hello everyone,
We have had a very eventful last few days here in beautiful Guatemala. On saturday we took a 2 hour hike into the hills, mountains, jungles, and every other imaginable terrian and arrived at a cave. On the hike to the cave we were attacked by a chacha bird and it felt like it was a scene straight out of Jurassic Park and the chacha was a Velociraptor.… Read More
Our first three days in Ecuador have been incredible! We arrived at our hostel, Hostel Saiananda, in Bahia, Ecuador Thursday after many hours of travel by plane and bus. We arrived early Friday morning, got a couple hours of sleep and awoke to a delicious breakfast of local fruit, eggs, and homemade bread. After some bonding activities, we set out on our first adventure, a scavenger hunt through Bahia. Our… Read More
Family, friends we would like to take this time to personally notify all of you in the United States who care about us that we find ourselves safely in the middle of the great city of New Delhi. To provide a description of the city is difficult, but I will try my best. Sensory overload is probably the best way. The streets are loaded with people, cars, rickshaw, livestock, and… Read More
Hi everyone!Its Emily, Lauren, and Hannah. We are in the village of poptun in guatemala doing a scavenger hunt (like the others below said) It took us a while to get to here but we made it! Even though were all sweaty and not very clean were excited to be here. We´ll post again as soon as we canhasta luego… Read More
Hello everyone this is Brian, Lexi and Kelly. We are on a scavenger hunt in Poptun, Guatemala. The place where we are staying is amazing and wonderful. We are all looking forward to a lovely lagoon swim later after a very long trek today. In case you did not know a basura is not just a garbage it is also a landfill…we were able to find this in the mountains… Read More
Hola amigos y familia!Lauren F, Brooke, and Griffin here! we are currently on a scavenger hunt in a local town. we have had a wonderful time sofar at finca ixobel, relaxing, bonding, and preparing for our trip. the walk here was supposed to be 40 minutes but due to directional difficulties we went on quite the adventure through the town basura, aka the dump- the elephant graveyard… well not elephants… Read More
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve heard from Nick and Stacey that the final students coming through Seattle and Amsterdam have arrived! They’re safe, albeit sleepy!
– Ethan… Read More
I just received an email from Heather and Adam that the group’s officially touched ground at Finca Ixobel, the site of their orientation and also the group’s first real solid ground since taking off in SF! In Heather’s words the leaders are typing from “the Flinstone’s original computer” so don’t expect any contact from the students until tomorrow at the earliest 🙂
Yours,
Ethan… Read More
Nannette here on behalf of India group who wishes to let you know that the Cathay Pacific crew has arrived into Delhi safe-n-sound, are at their hostel, and are working toward a few hours of shut-eye before Mother India awakens outside their doors….
More from them themselves later, and the final 3 members of the group will be met by Nick or Stacey in about 19 hours!… Read More
Nannette here-blogging on behalf of the SAM group:
I’ve just gotten off the phone with Amanda & Drew-everyone was waiting for a bus in Guayaquil to take them to their orientation site. They are all safe, happy, and incredibly excited to begin their adventure, although they are feeling Zoe’s absence…. Alas, only a few more days until the group is truly complete…
Look for further blogs from the group themselves… Read More
This video was made by the SAM group who is desperately missing their final student: Zoe Coleman. Zoe… you’ve been so wonderful through all this weather and your attitude has been very appreciated! The group, likewise, is eager to have you with them and send this out with great love and excitement at your joining them in a few short days.
Video 24Video Length 1:55 Click here to watch… Read More
Phew. … after a little longer than we would have liked, everyone that’s supposed to be is together and accounted for! Poor Zoe will be joining us a few days later in Ecuador thanks to these incredible East Coast storms, so we’ll reserve some extra cheer for you on your arrival.
For now, we’re all optimistic and excited as Drew reported it to be a phenomenal group thus far and… Read More
I just got off the phone with our fearless leaders and everyone has safely arrived into SFO and are with their group! … that’s right, everyone! Despite snow on the East Coast, several frazzled flight rearrangements and one delay, the group is successfully united!
Stay tuned as another blog gets posted from Finca Ixobel during their first stop for orientation.
Yours in spirit,
Ethan Knight
Executive Director… Read More
Parents, followers, friends, and relatives,
I just heard from our fearless co-leaders, Nick and Stacey, that the San Francisco contingent of students is all together and successfully checked in and through security! They all depart in less than a few hours and what a beginning!
We’ll connect with the Seattle folks in Delhi and post a blog accordingly, but for this first leg, everything went smoothly and … dare I… Read More
Hey Ya’ll,
We want to welcome everyone to the Carpe Diem India Semester! We are here in Portland, making the final preparations for our journey, and wanted to reach out to everyone that will be with us during the next few months. This blog will be one of our main sources of communication for everyone back home, and a way for all our friends and family to share our many… Read More
Hola otra vez! 5 Days until we meet in SFO…
We will be meeting in front of the TACA airlines counter in the international terminal at 8:30pm on Wednesday, Feb 10th. We know many of you have flights that get you in well before 8:30pm, but just in case you are running late or can’t find us, please call 1-877-285-1808. This is a Carpe Diem office number that will be… Read More
Emotion mounts as the days pass quickly toward the ‘launch’ of our SAM- South America- semester. The subtle reasons why the eleven of us will be coming together on this three-month exploration will reveal themselves gradually over time as we experiment with unique and fresh realities throughout Ecuador and Peru.
As you pack your bag, remember that lighter is always better! We’ll be covering a good number of miles along… Read More
Hola and greetings from Carpe Diem HQ in Portland, OR. We are both very excited for our upcoming adventure – with less than a week to go before we meet in SFO, we have been working hard with final preparations and packing, as we imagine many of you are doing as well. We will be calling you all in the next few days before we leave, to chat a bit… Read More
Hey what’s been going on you guys? I know we joked around about still blogging so I was thinking why not?I’m sure I speak for everyone when I say that it is so weird to be back at home and in this other reality, but life is good. Kaise my brotha I don’t know cold it is there but it don’t have nothing on argon. I don’t remember oregon getting… Read More
What do goodbyes look like for people who have supported each other through changes, losses, wins, beginnings and firsts? For us it was backbreaking hugs, watering eyes, last words of adoration, and then at the end just a small wave and a, “Bye!” As if we were hanging up the phone or moving forward in the grocer line.
Let me rewind, Dan went scuba diving. Dan learned how to swim… Read More
