Making chocolate at Las Delicias farm.Alex grinding fresh cacao.The Carpe Diem group with our hosts at Las Delicias right before departure—now on to the beach for the day!View from Las Delicias.Addy helping Clean up plastic used for banana production on Las Delicias.Down time at Las Delicias with Alejandro, a Spanish instructor, and Alex and Patrick.We celebrated Ellen’s birthday with a bonfire, singing our favorite … Read More
By Sailor and Daniel
Hola!
This Sunday we arrived at the mountain school in Fatima and Nuevo San Jose. Fatima is a community of ex-finca (plantation) workers, who were displaced by the unfair treatment of the finca owners. The people of Fatima lie on 20×20 meter plots of land, in houses composed mainly of cinderblock, wood, and sheet metal. We have been eating three meals a day with our homestay… Read More
By Reid Cohen
Hello everyone!
Its Day 12 and so much has happened already! We went through our three days of orientation and started to learn about each other’s likes and dislikes and what everyone’s strengths and weaknesses are so that we are able to be there for one another in the upcoming months.
We are learning about all of the cultures here as well! It’s so much fun to… Read More
By Charlotte Clark
Day 7 of our adventures here in Kolkata, yet it feels like we’ve been here for so much longer. We started out with orientation in this crazy city, going out a little more each day to ease ourselves into it. It seems as though there are no rules for driving, people honk more than they speak and if you can cross the street here you can do… Read More
By Sarah Roman
First blog of the trip is up and boy, do we have stuff to tell you guys! For all of the parents frantically checking this site to see if there are any updates on their child’s location, hello. We are all alive. There are a few bumps and bruises from rope swings, capture the flag games, accidentally lighting on fire, and I will spare you the rest.… Read More
By Sarah, Avery, and Lexie
Warm and sticky air
Our bodies shine in the sun
Fall for this city
Samosa’s and Dahl
The sweet and savory smells
Food will comfort us
India’s red fort
Beautiful on the skyline
Old place, new people… Read More
By Emily Bates
Hello friends and family of Rayah!
It’s been a week since the start of the program, and we’ve all been quickly settling into the group and our first country—Spain!
For our three day orientation, we called the yoga and meditation retreat center La Semilla home. It was the perfect place to start our journey. We bonded over late night talks in our Mongolian yurt before bed, and… Read More
By Katie
India so far has been the craziest place I’ve ever been, but it’s also the coolest. The food is amazing and the people have been super nice but it’s also very hot.… Read More
By Emily
Kolkata is very crazy. There are tons of people, you drive on the other side of the road and horns are always honking. The constant smell is a mix of incense, food, and sewage. Driving here is a free for all, there are no lanes. Its like 80-90 degrees everyday here with 100% humidity—I have never been so hot.
The food here is really good and the people… Read More
By Kelly
Kolkata is amazing. It is so vibrant and full of life. I am currently sitting in a computer cafe down on Sudder Street. I am doing well but realized a lot of my clothing is too heavy for here. It is about 90 degrees but 100 percent humidity. We are currently doing a scavenger hunt for different items without our leaders. It isn’t as scary as I thought… Read More
Selfie during our second to last stop on a food tour in Quito, Ecuador. See all those happy smiles? That’s because we just tried placenta soup, called guagua mama!
Snapshot taken during a food tour in Quito- while this was picho, a simple snack of fried chicken, the group also tried placenta soup! Yum!
Group shot while checking out Plaza Grande while on a food tour in Quito, Ecuador.
Students… Read More
By Hannah, Tucker, Maya, and Isabel
Today is our first day going into Delhi without the OEs. It’s been an adventure. After stopping to get lunch at a street stand, we took a rickshaw to central Delhi in the government area. We are in a tourist information center writing this blog. The people are very nice and helpful, we already love it here!!! After this we will go and try… Read More
By Maddy
Today is our last day of orientation and we have been sent off in groups to explore the streets of Jinja to locate internet cafes, shops, and markets. In orientation, we have been talking about ways to integrate ourselves appropriately into the cultures and customs of the area.… Read More
Nkula is growing!
We want to give the warmest of welcomes to Hanya, who has just arrived in Entebbe, Uganda. We have just got word that the leaders have met her, and they are heading to a hostel for well deserved rest. We hope this semester is full of growth and transformation for you all!
Welcome Hanya, and now Nkula is complete! Onwards!… Read More
Sophie and Sarah practicing their communication skills calling Brian & Ellen from a pay phone.
Camile, Asia, Dan, and Nico in the central square in Xela.
Rachel, Kaylee, and Asia enjoying a local treat.
A group in front of the libreria in Xela during the scavenger hunt.
A view of Xela from from the central square with all the food booths set up for Idependence Day.… Read More
