Hi Family! We are having such a great time in Rio Muchacho and want to tell you all about our trip so far! We started out at Saiunanda, a beautiful place just outside of Bahia. Alfredo, the owner, opened our eyes to a new way of living, as we all tried something new and did a singing bowls meditation. Peacocks roomed the land, along with many other birds and animals… Read More
After the pandemonium of Paharganj, Delhi, the serenity of Sikkim came as a breath of fresh air (literally). We are currently at a homestay, and staying with a fantastic family, the Lepcha’s. They have been more than amazing to us, accommodating our every need and opening their house to us in every way. They also have a beautiful 14 month old boy, who is terrified of Drew (a leader). Its… Read More
Hello!…Kirsten here:I can’t believe we have been in East Africa for less than a week; we have done so many exciting things and our jamii is bonding better than ever! On Sunday, we had our first day of adventure; a scavenger hut into Kampala. To our surprise, Britt and Zik sent us off into the busy city ALONE! But with some helpful advice and tips from our worldly-experienced leaders, we… Read More
Hey everyone,I would tell you where exactly we are but my role in the group does not involve pronouncing or spelling names correctly. What I will tell you is we are painting! Painting classrooms to be exact. We finished our two base coats of white paint in the three classrooms we’re working on and graduate to sky blue paint tomorrow. We’re painting classrooms for the street families compound where we… Read More
Hello everyone!We just wanted to let you know that we arrived to work with Soft Power Education, the first school we’re working with. Tonight we’ll be settling in, getting ready to start our Swahili classes in the morning and paint one of the new buildings for the school. We had an incredible day rafting the White Nile yesterday. We’ll let the students fill you in on the details in a… Read More
Having met the group after months of only knowing them over the internet has made this whole journey become real. It started as we sat in a circle on the ground in the airport playing games and getting to know eachother. After a 6 hourt flight to El Salvador and another half hour to Guatemala City we hopped on a 7 hour bus ride to Finca Ixobel. Alex managed to… Read More
Today we went into Kampala with a few partners to look for a few things that Britt and Zik thought would give us a good feel of the city. It was awesome and truly eye opening. I look forward to cool adventures such as this in the future.-Kaan… Read More
Mambo!All of us just returned from the most amazing dance experience! For 3 hours we watched and participated in traditional Ugandan dance and song! We ate a traditional Ugandan meal which watching men and women swirl in colors and dance to the beat of drums! It was such an incredible way to end our stay here in Kampala! We are so grateful for today and can’t wait to continue the… Read More
Right now my scavenger hunt team and I are sitting in an internet cafe, sweating, full of rice and maybe unfriendly chicken. Everyone here has been very helpful and smiling towards our strange questions and requests. “What is that fruit called?” – “One killogram.”We’ve been running and dodging flying motorcycles, while trying to keep our feet dry. We were surprised by the bustling locals in collared shirts and clean pants… Read More
Flying was a chore. By the time we reached Hong Kong for our rather long layover, we all (besides being nearly vegetative from jetlag and lack of sleep) felt as though we had known each other for much longer than mere hours. Upon landing, we deliriously came to the decision to visit the world’s largest sitting Buddha, about 45 minutes by bus outside of Hong Kong. Even through our tired… Read More
Great first day in Africa. Spent most of the day safe and sound in the hostel. We got a chance to play pool, some card games and enjoy an African rain shower. Also we saw two monkeys who live outside the hostel! Can’t wait to get into Kampala.– Zach
Yesterday our plans to visit kampala were delayed because of unexpected rain fall. The rain here in Uganda is an intense.… Read More
Sorry folks,
Our AWESOME group of students did, in fact, update the blog today. Unfortunately, however, they didn’t realize they needed to click “publish post” in order to allow you to be able to read what they wrote. Since they didn’t know how to ensure the blog was published, you have yet to hear from them personally. Sorry about that.
Rest assured that we are all still safe and sound… Read More
The students will all be updating the blog tomorrow, but Britt and I just wanted to take a quick minute to let everyone know we’ve arrived safe and sound, and without incident, to our Backpackers hostel here in Kampala.
We are all in high spirits to be a part of such a great group, and psyched to have gotten the adventure underway.
We’re also pretty tired after so many hours… Read More
We´re here!!! After a verrrrrry long day of travel, we have arrived at our orientation location on the coast.
We´ve been released into the city of Bahia de Caraquez by Jeff and Dawn, who (very lovingly) said to us this morning, `Now leave this beautiful hostel we´re staying in, fend for yourselves, and come back for dinner! No, we won´t be helping you. At all.´
So here we (Will and… Read More
hola amigos! we have made it here to ecuador and are in la ciudad de bahia de caraquez! this is our first stop so we havent seen much of the city, but the hostel we are staying at is mucho bien. there is even a sloth that live in the kitchen. we are on a scavenger hunt and are hoping we find some great things. the new culture is sometinhg… Read More
Sup guys its Dan and Keegan reporting live from an internet cafe in Bahia, Ecuador!! Being the first ones to post on this blog and to find internet access by ourselves we would to take this time to congradulate ourselves… After a strenuous day of traveling were eager to explore more of this town on foot. Our hostel that we are staying at is luxurious, very peaceful and full of… Read More
A middle-of-the-night text message has assured us that the whole team is now together and the Lizzie/Devon contingent successfully met up with the rest of the group. They are now en route to Entebbe to begin their adventure.… Read More
Hello everyone!
The five of us are all well rested from 35 hours of airplane travel and ready to explore Siem Reap. Walking around the city is crazy with mopeds, bicycles and cars to watch out for. The people are so sweet and kind. The place we are staying at is Nilla Villa Guesthouse, and when walking and meeting the place all of us fell in love. We are all… Read More
It’s official: 8/10 of the group is about to board their flight to Amsterdam, and they’ll meet up with Devon and Lizzie there. What a great, grounded, crew–if folks were nervous they hid it well!
Next time you hear from them they’ll be in Kampala, Uganda.
Until then, this is Carpe HQ signing off….
-Nannette… Read More
I’ve just spoken to Dawn and Jeff and the group happy, together and are heading through LAX airport security as I type this blog. With one slightly delayed student everyone arrived without injury and with all bags present – truly, this promises to be a wonderful and affirming semester!
Please stay tuned for regular blogs from our students on a mostly weekly basis.
Yours in spirit,
Ethan… Read More
