Hola!! 🙂 We are currently finishing up our time in the Amazon. For the past three nights, we stayed at a beautiful ecological research center called Villa Carmen. Tomorrow we are heading back to higher elevation before beginning our trek to......Read More
Je suis conolisée, tu es conolisé, nous sommes conolisés comme le fut les Ameriques notre corps est conolisés par notre tête. Notre chemin est déterminé et nos choix choisit d´avances sans notre consentemment et des la naissance. Nous sommes......Read More
Before I came to Bolivia, I was determined to put my experience in a historical and political context that I could cleanly understand. One of my teachers from school had seen me at his open summer classes and, upon learning I was going to Bolivia,......Read More
My favorite part of our 10 day Tiquipaya homestay were the 4 afternoons I spent working on my Independent Study Project, graffiti. It transformed my mindset. It may sound a little depressing, but my art is one of the few things I pride myself in and......Read More
As we proceed to finish our journey through Bolivia, we are facing some differences and similarities between our homestay in Tiquipaya and El Alto. In Tiquipaya, I stayed in a small house with 2 parents, 3 teenagers, and 1 energetic 5 year old.......Read More
When I awoke on Wednesday morning I was on an overnight bus, and my lips had chapped and split. That was how I knew we had arrived, after a long ascent, to El Alto. After a freezing taxi ride we arrived at the COMPA house (comunidad de productores......Read More
Hi again! I am now in El Alto with my second home stay family, who is also amazing. But in this post I want to focus on my independent study project that I completed while staying with my first family in Tiquipaya. There were many options to......Read More
My family had warmed up to me immensely from the first time I arrived to our last days together. I was always overwhelmed with joy when I would walk into the kitchen and be greeted with a Piñalosa (my nickname). At first Jesse (my homestay sister)......Read More
Hello freinds and family, I am currently writing from an internet cafe in El Alto. We are certainly feeling the altitude and I´m having some nostalgia for brisk New England winters as its a bit chilly over here. We recently finished our Individual......Read More
(Please find a google translated version below) Centroamerica (CA) es una franja delgada de tierra en medio de dos oceanos, hace miles de años, cuando este pedacito de tierra emergio de las profundidades y se convirtio en el puente natural que une......Read More
Hello! We are currently in transit, getting hyped for a fun-filled, adventurous fifteen hour train ride to Kashgar. The story of Turpan is still sinking in and will take time to process. We are excited for the next chapter and are eager for......Read More
Hello there, Don´t know where to start, it has been about three days since when we departed from Ak´Tenamit to our midcourse and now we are at Qachuu Aloom at the department of Bajo Verapaz. I´ll do my best to explain my time in Ak´Tenamit. In......Read More
The team are wrapping up their time in Sinlea tomorrow (Friday). They have had very limited cell service but they were able to send me some pictures today. As you can see: Hannah celebrated her birthday, the team have been helping with the garlic......Read More
Last night, our final night in homestays on the island of Koh Ksach Tonlea, all the students and their families gathered together for a community dinner to share words of gratitude, warm goodbyes, and even a dance party. Today, we packed our bags......Read More
