Hello from Tiquipaya Community in Cochabamba ¡ We have already spent our first out of 3 weeks here in Tiquipaya and everything is starting to be more and more exciting while our days pass here. We have meet a lot of interesting people who are......Read More
The transition into adulthood comes with a lot more responsibility, obligations and work. It also however brings a lot of freedoms. One of those freedoms is the ownership of your own education. What I mean by that is that possibly for the first time......Read More
After just a few days in my new homestay, I have already started to feel more comfortable and at ease. My initial struggles and concerns have minimized; I´m getting used to the composting toilet, my freezing shower actually felt refreshing on a......Read More
Greetings from Tiquipaya! We’re settling into our 3 week individual homestays here in the beautiful, rural community of Tiquipaya, Bolivia. Monday through Friday the students will be doing small group Spanish lessons in the mornings and in the......Read More
Querid@s familias y amig@s, As an interpreter and translator for the group for much of our time in Teatro Trono I have found that it is a good way to “profundizar” or go deeper into the material we are learning. Nuestros dragones have had the......Read More
This past week we spent in Nacion Q’eros, members known to be the closest decendents of the Incas, a collection of communities untouched and unknown from most of the outside world. During our time in these magical places and surreal......Read More
Upon reaching the pass in which we started our journey into Nación Q´eros, a flood of emotions hit me with a force comparable to that of the many rivers we crossed during the last six days of trekking. I felt calm and at peace after spending so......Read More
We have just arrived at Ccatan in Urubamba, the same hostel where we started our journey in Peru. In some ways it feels as though we never left, but when I think back on all the experiences we have had it feels like I have been in Peru for a......Read More
After a full and rewarding month in Peru we’re on our way Bolivia. Our first stop in Bolivia will be urban homestays the city of El Alto (just above La Paz). During these 4 days we’ll be seeing El Alto/La Paz through the lenses of Teatro......Read More
The intentional transition from Q’eros to Cusco has been an intense one. Cusco, the ancient capital city of the Inca, is now the central hub of tourism here in Peru. Yesterday we did a series of interviews with Cusqueños (people from Cusco)......Read More
Hello Civilization, Or should I say hello to the first world? Q’erros is such a beautiful example of a civilization that has not been infected by the sickness of the first world. In Q’erros, there is no worry about the newest iPhone, the......Read More
At least in the United States, our perspective towards the natual world often comes from an attitude of conquest. For much of our history, awe-inspiring mountains were just an impidiment to human expansion, and beautiful alpine lakes were not......Read More
