Hello everyone! Welcome to the yak board – a space where we will be posting our questions, reflections, photos, etc. for the next few months. Even though we have not yet met, I already feel deeply connected to each one of you. To decide to engage......Read More
Dear Fellow Traveler, Imagine yourself sitting on the banks of a mighty and muddy river, your toes dipped into the cold water. Upstream loom the sheer rocky peaks of the high Rockies, the last of their glaciers melting into the river. Downstream......Read More
Hello friends, family, and fellow travelers, I want to extend the warmest welcome to you for your fall 2020 semester in the Southwestern United States! My name is David Haffeman and I will be your Program Director for the Colorado River Basin......Read More
Hello friends, family, and fellow travelers, I want to extend the warmest welcome to you for your fall 2020 semester in the Southwestern United States! My name is Dave Haffeman and I will be your Program Director for the Rio Grande Semester. In this......Read More
First Ascent: An Awareness Piece To the Mountains Within Your Soul Mis Chicxs, I sit here on the back deck de la Casita de Manuel. The birds continue to sing while the sun sends its final saludos past the ridgeline. This is the Perú I......Read More
Dear Families, Yes we are okay. Yes we are eating enough. Yes we are wearing sunscreen and staying hydrated. Most importantly we are having fun! We’ve had two whole Spanish classes so far and no one has gotten detention…yet. Nuestros......Read More
Hello everyone, Just a quick note to say that both groups of students (flying to LAX and JFK) are at their respective gates ready to board their flights! Both groups of students have been in touch with Tsering, their instructor, who says all is......Read More
The group is currently resting in the Singapore Airport. Thanks to DrukAir (the royal Bhutanese airline) we have been living the life (a comfortable but reclusive life) in the Crowne Plaza- Changi airport hotel. The group just met and went over......Read More
Hello everyone, The students and Tsering have just landed in Singapore! They are being helped through immigration and will then be accompanied to their hotel – the Crowne Plaza to wait for their flights to the US. Please check back here for......Read More
The group has just enjoyed their final meal together in Nepal, and is now getting everything ready to head to the airport shortly. Although everyone is bummed to be so close to the end, spirits are high and we have been able to mostly focus on......Read More
This is the final group shot of our travellers in LAX. Everyone is tired (understandably) but in good spirits 🙂...Read More
Hi everyone, The group flight has landed just now. Abby has a connection she needs to meet. Vasco, Kat and Nell will be picked up from the LAX. Colin will accompany Jackson, Oliver, Yasmine and Dacotah to the hotel nearby for a night’s rest.......Read More
Dear families and loved ones, The Bhutan student group is now in the Paro Airport waiting to catch their flight onward to Singapore. Check back here for more updates as they begin their journeys home. We are all sending you much love. ...Read More
Dear Beautiful Bhutan, You have been such a wonderful open sweet and loving setting for our paths of individual and group self exploration this past month. We are so sorry to have had to leave early, to join with our loved ones in these new and......Read More
Dear friends and family, We just dropped off Trissy at the Paro International Airport for her journey back home to the Philippines. With a big smile and a heart full of new experiences and friendships, Trissy is checking at the Druk Air counter......Read More
