Hi from lima! We spent our morning walking around the Chorrillos zone with Alto Peru– an organization that provides surfing and muay thai lessons to kids in the neighborhood to help keep them off the streets. We got a tour of the neighborhood,......Read More
Hi everyone, We are happy to let you all know that we are diving into our time in Lima, Peru. Today we took public transport from our hostel to the center of the city to visit museums and eat ceviche. We are currently en route to the beach to watch......Read More
Dear Friends and Family, After another long day of travel the second flight has arrived in Lima. The group is now back together again! They will be resting and catching up with each other today and we will update you soon on their onward travel......Read More
At about 130 am on Wednesday morning we were awoken by Sandy and Jac with great news; we were Peru-bound! Everyone packed up their rooms and we headed downstairs to drive to the airport. At this point Leo, Owen and I were greeted with a fun......Read More
Dear friends and families, We wanted to confirm that instructors Ben and Jacquelyn arrived to Lima safely early this morning with ten students (Jackson, Piper, Lia, Lucas, Reeve, Madeline, Isabelle W, Gabrielle, Evan, and Annika). They are......Read More
Dear Friends and Family, The group is well and enjoying their time in Tocaña, Bolivia. This is a rural agricultural community and students are learning how to plant and harvest coca, an incredibly significant harvest for Bolivians. They have had......Read More
Buen día everyone! I know I haven’t posted a Yak in a while, so now I am writing one on what have I been doing this last week. Wow, this last week has been filled with so many new experiences. It all started last Friday when I helped my family in......Read More
Walking home after a charla last week, I saw the most incredible sunset. I started to notice it walking out of the Granja Polen— a few multi-colored clouds that looked like they had been pulled straight from a water color painting. As my small......Read More
Hello Friends and Family, I want to share a few photos with all of you of a neighborhood festival the students attended yesterday. The instructors sent me these photos of the students getting ready to participate in traditional dances and music with......Read More
it’s wednesday evening, and i walk with Jackson, Owen, and their host family through the streets of tiquipaya, passing the remnants of the blockades that covered the city all day. We walk by plastic chairs turned on their sides, laced with wire,......Read More
I have never been a fan of broccoli. I kind of think it’s the worst. But after three weeks of eating the one vegetarian option of eggs and rice for nearly every meal, the sight of something green on my plate was nothing short of a miracle. I......Read More
Before coming to Bolivia I didn’t do much research about the black experience or racism in Bolivia. While on other trips and in my own life I expect racism. I didn’t think about it much before making my way down here. But from times in the......Read More
piper taught me how to upload photos to internet cafe computers, and I figured it was timely to show us smiling in Tiquipaya among all of the news of protests and violence and such. so look, we’re doing just fine. xo...Read More
Dear Friends and Families, We are writing to give you an update related to Bolivia. As you may be aware, last Sunday presidential elections were held in which Evo Morals was running for a controversial 4th term. Final votes were counted yesterday......Read More
Allillanchu from Tiquipaya! The students have been attending some amazing academic “charlas” (lectures/workshops) during our time in Tiquipaya, learning about all different kinds of resistance movements in Bolivia and in Latin America......Read More
