Hi dear families. It has being a pleasure to travel with all our students. They are one of the most incredible student groups we have eve worked with as instructors. It is amazing to see how much they grew during these 3 months traveling in......Read More
From one dragon to another I hope you have a fantastic day filled with lots of adventures! Sending you lots of love from the far east 🙂 Cannot wait to see you in 2018! Xoxo, Mal P.S I have been waiting to post this yak since September. Hoping......Read More
Rosa, Felicidad, and Annabelle here. As our stint as ex-phase “travel-agents” comes to a close, here’s what we’ve learned: -Leaving Spanish school early to make phone calls becomes a Spanish class in and of itself. It......Read More
Our students did an awesome job planning their X-Phase. Here you have some pictures of their time on Lago Atitlan....Read More
Hola from San Lucas Toliman, it feels both sweet and sour to leave here today. We’re officially wrapping up X Phase, an important time of course when our students take the journey into their own hands. They took the lead by organizing and......Read More
Dear Fall 2017 Guatemala & Nicaragua Semester Families, It is hard to believe that 3 months have passed since your student embarked on this incredible adventure! It won’t be long until students will be boarding their planes back home. We are......Read More
Our group spent the last week trekking through and exploring the scenic Cuchumatanes mountain range. We experienced the breathtaking nature of the highlands, learned about Guatemalan emigration, and came a lot closer together as a group. We started......Read More
This morning our students entered into our final and more exciting part of our trip, ‘The X-phase’ meaning Students’ Expedition phase, where they take full ownership of the whole itinerary. They have been planning these 6 days for the past......Read More
Dear friends and family, The students currently find themselves finishing up the third day of their trek in the Cuchumatanes range in the Ixil Triangle, a mystical region populated by remote Mayan villages. Yesterday the group hiked to La Torre,......Read More
On Saturday, November 18, we said our goodbyes (for now) to our host families in San Juan La Laguna and made our way to the department capital of Solola. We all hopped on a small but fast boat to go across El Lago de Atitlan to a town called......Read More
There were six #3s. They had 7Q to feed the six of them, plus Lisa and baby Kai. Two of them also had to pick up trash. There were three #2s. They were given a budget of 25Q each to go out to dinner together. There was only one #1. I had an......Read More
Last week, the dragons were presented our Independent Study Project options, accompanied by the pressure to choose. As I deliberated, I felt a sudden urge to choose painting. I still cannot place the source of this urge. Perhaps I wanted a hands-on......Read More
On our first night in San Juan la Laguna, our Mayan spiritual guide, Javier, told us to close our eyes as we sat around a fire and began a traditional ceremony. The sound that broke the silence and the crackling of the fire was something like a......Read More
I don’t know if my words will be enough to express what I’m really feeling for San Juan La Laguna, every time I come here the inhabitants of this town have something special and unique to share with me and with my students. In the past......Read More
On Tuesday morning I woke up at a tough 5:30 am to hike to a point called “la cruz” (the cross) with my host family. Things had been a little awkward for me in their house. After moving from a different homestay I felt rushed to get to know them......Read More
