From the horn crazed dusty streets beings selling fruits and veggies a woman wearing rich blood red and sparkling gold kurta with a bamboo basket tied on her back Dogs run aimlessly on the path. Up the four flights of stairs through the......Read More
I play through the dashing colors of the Nepali blocks, they speak to me with wisdom and noise. Sweeps of orange, red, green and gold caress my skin with embraces of life. An aliveness in my eyes speaks rawness, pain is teaching, warmth bathes my......Read More
This is a pic of our group before we dispersed on our own to explore the magical ruins atop the large and beautiful mountain overlooking Pisac. Our instructor Sarah brought us there to make observations about the landscapes, and let us roam free for......Read More
This week we had an assignment to create a project proposal that reverses climate change in rural areas while preserving the culture of these communities. My parter Noah and I blueprinted a project which was inspired in attempt to create a draft......Read More
One day I was walking through the market here in Urubamba on a mission to buy honey. Although there are lot’s of ladies selling honey with their produce, I was drawn to an only-honey booth. There were at least 20 different kinds of honey, all......Read More
A Birthday away from home can often activate homesickness, as it did for myself. All I wanted was the comfort of my family and friends around me. I wanted to be eating my Mothers chocolate cake in my house, with my dogs at my feet. Not only that,......Read More
Dear Friends and Families, We are writing to give you an update related to Peru. As you may be aware, yesterday Peru’s President Martin Vizcarra carried out a controversial dissolution of Congress. In response there have been gatherings in Lima,......Read More
Dear friends and families, This weekend marked the halfway point of our time in Urubamba. Students are settling in to the rhythms of daily life with their host families. During the week, in the mornings students have two and half hours of Spanish......Read More
As my relaxing Saturday was coming to a close, I was walking up the stairs when I caught a glimpse out the window and saw this magical sight. With constant rain for the past few weeks, I had not yet seen the mountains from my homestay, so you can......Read More
I feel so grateful to have the chance to immerse myself in Nepali family life. I truly feel treated as one of their own through my differences. We laugh and communicate with ease, even through the barrier of language. When I was sick, I was taken......Read More
This last weekend the older brother in my homestay family, mero nepali daai, went trekking with a group of his friends. A couple nights after he returned we were on the roof of our house watching the day slide away, telling stories and putting......Read More
One of the most memorable moments from this week, etched within the depths of my taste buds, was the Ayurvedic cooking class with Sharon. Chowing down on the steamed veggie momos, aloo paratha (potato stuffed bread), curry paneer, and spicy potatoes......Read More
This week Sharon-didi offered us a class on traditional Nepali spices, presenting their uses, Nepali names, medicinal properties, while passing them around to taste and smell. Some of these spices included cinnamon bark, nutmeg, cumin seed, black......Read More
Last Sunday five of us went to Pisac to go see two amazing people from Paru Paru get married. These two amazing people were my host parents. It felt like going home as we stepped into a bus leaving Urubamba. Going to this wedding felt as if was a......Read More
The mountains paint the skyline. Connecting the heavens and the earth. Duality at its finest is the earth the heavens and the heavens the earth. Walking down the street, life feels like a video game or some sort of virtual reality, this simulates......Read More
On a recent Friday evening, our group enjoyed local live music at Open Mic Night night at Cafe Ramsterdam in Boudha, on the east side of Kathmandu. Our fearless leader Sharon Sitling sang a traditional Lepcha song with her husband Aditya Shrestha,......Read More
