At a certain point, it truly seems like it’s never going to end. Even something so short as a month feels like years, and every day feels like two. It’s the illusion of time that makes you check your journal for what happened this......Read More
Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group A, Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group B, Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group C
Dear families, The Guatemala A, B and C groups have all landed in Miami and are proceeding to migration and customs. An instructor is with each group and will help guide students to their connecting flights. Thanks for all your support from afar......Read More
Hello everyone Students group Guate 4B is already at the airport “La Aurora”, Guatemala city, to take their flight to Miami Airport. Instructor Lauren Cain is flying with the students to Miami. Flight info: American Airlines #1182 Departing at......Read More
Hello Everyone! After 6 communties, 2 spanish schools, 26 dias on course, hundreds of people we meet on our way, thousands of tortillas and a lot learning experiences we arrive in our Transference sites yesterday afternoon. We are currently in San......Read More
Hiking usually requires getting out of bed quite early. And so, on Friday morning, we arrived at Chico Mendez for final packing at 6:30 am. We loaded our backpacks on top of the van and ourselves inside and Armando drove us ro the trailhead. Photos......Read More
Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group A, Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group B, Guatemala: Spanish Language Intensive - Group C
Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost four weeks 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 sure you are anxiously......Read More
A lot has happened since my last yak and the internet hasn’t been overly conducive but we are back at Lake Atitlan with (intermittent) wifi and so here’s an update from Guatemala. After a somewhat eye-opening and profound experience in San Juan......Read More
Today after Spanish classes, we went for a day of shopping, hot springs and pupusas. They’re a Salvadoran delicacy and I’ve never seen so many devoured in a single session. Sorry for the lack of yaks of late. It’s been a full week! Photos and......Read More
ello world! Clara and Lindsey here! It is the first day of our homestay in San Antonio Palopo. We fishished the trek yesterday, and we still have feet! We woke up yesterday at 3:30 am to see the amazing sunrise from the lookout on the side of the......Read More
Some more observations from my notebook. Holy cow, families here are HUGE! At a family lunch, almost 100 people came. Apparently the last time, almost 300 people came, all cousins and relatives of one another. And most people are from this town! Oh.......Read More
Dear family and friends, The Guatemala B group departed this morning for their three-day trek from Xela to Lake Atitlán. Tonight they will stay in the community of Santa Catarina. Students are excited for the trek, and looking forward to......Read More
Hello to all! Today officially marks the halfway point for our trip. We are all both excited to have made it this far and sad that it means there are only two weeks left. We are currently in an internet cafe in Quetzaltenango in the middle......Read More
After settling into our homestays in Quetzaltenango, we headed to Xela to celebrate the halfway mark of our trip! We spent the morning chilling and walking around the city center, as we took turns meeting with the group leaders to talk about our......Read More
Hello from Xela, pronounced Shelaa. Things are cool, we ate veggies for the first time in two weeks (sorry parents!). Also the countryside is beautiful. Cool we’re going to destroy everyone else in this scavenger hunt. From team......Read More
Most travelers, when they plan a visit to another country, immediately want to determine the language spoken there. I admit that when I thought about going to Guatemala, I figured that if I could communicate more or less in Spanish, I could travel......Read More
Hello all! Eric and I are writing this in the internet cafe in the town of San Juan Cotzal. We had just returned from a long day of working in the fields to help the local people prepare to plant crops for the next year. While we worked we had great......Read More
