2019 Spring Gap
Some Packing Recommendations
Instructor Team, Instructor
Queridos amigxs, Can you believe it’s almost time to begin packing for our adventure? We understand this phase can be stressful for you and your family. Breathe and think of only bringing what you absolutely need. Some of the following are just......Read More
Vamos, pues! First assignment
Jesse, Instructor
Queridos Dragones, We hope your course-prep is going smoothly. In three short weeks, we begin our adventure together in Cochabamba. ¡Qué emoción! In order to be better prepared for the semester, your instructors have put together a few tasks for......Read More
Additional Packing Notes – important,...
Frank Concha, Instructor
Saludos queridos Dragones! The time has arrived to start thinking about packing and I’m pretty sure an important question came up for you; what should I pack? I am asking myself the same question every time I´m packing, and it is better to do......Read More
Let’s Get Started! 1st Assignment
Lxs Instructorxs, Instructor
Quiredxs Dragones, It is time to get started! We will soon be gathering to spend 3 months exploring, discovering, questioning and sitting in wonder of Pachamama together. Now that we have introduced ourselves we would love to hear from YOU! Below......Read More
Announcing Our Tentative Itinerary!
Instructor Team, Instructor
As the departure date for our journey draws near, we want to present you with the general flow of our course upriver from Cambodia to Southwestern China. Below you will find a “narrative itinerary” for our trip. We say narrative, as we’ll......Read More
Pre-Course Assignment & Student Intros
Instructor Team, Instructor
Dearest Dragons, With just a weeks until we meet up in Southeast Asia, we have a collection of small assignments for you. We invite you to engage in the themes we’re going to be learning about so that we’re all on the same page and super excited......Read More
Pre-Course Assignments
I-Team, Instructor
Hello! We know that you all have been putting a lot of work into packing and preparing for our journey, and we created this assignment in the hopes that it will further prepare us! There are three parts to the assignment: first, to begin to learn......Read More
Master Packing List
I-Team, Instructor
INDONESIA CLOTHING & EQUIPMENT MASTER PACKING LIST (Please defer to this one in case of discrepancies) — Selamat Datang Dragons! It’s about time to start that first round of packing. This is when it all starts to feel real! It is less......Read More
Unplug to connect
Jhasmany, Instructor
Dear friends, As an instructor team, we value the close community that develops when traveling in a group. We want to give you an opportunity to fully experience the world through different eyes. When we as humans encounter something unfamiliar,......Read More
Hello Everyone!
Elli, Participant
My name is Elli Stevenson, I’m 19 and live in the beautiful Mount Washington Valley in Tamworth, New Hampshire. I am on a gap year right now before I head to college in the fall, and what better way to spend it than traveling abroad!......Read More
Hi i’m Anna Lucía 👋
Anna Lucía, Participant
Hi everyone, I’m Anna Lucía Gutiérrez from Mexico city. I’m super exited that in about 22 days we’ll be arriving in Nepal. I chose to do a gap semester with Dragons because one of my favorite things to do is travel and emerge in new......Read More
Tentative Itinerary
Instructors, Instructor
Hello and welcome to your tentative itinerary! Over the past few weeks, we’ve begun planning our semester together and we want to share this with you. Please remember that some things might change due to the flexible nature of Dragon’s......Read More
Student Introduction
Cate Hazel, Participant
Hi everyone! My name is Cate Hazel, and I am from Fredericksburg, Virginia. As I started to write this blog post it made it very real that in a few short weeks I will be leaving the comfort of my home and going on an adventure of a lifetime. I am......Read More
A Tentative Itinerary
Instructor Team, Instructor
Greetings Everyone, Welcome to Himalayan Studies B Spring 2019 In a few weeks you shall be in one of the most blessed and majestic lands that is going to put an indelible mark on your life, consciousness and memories. We the I-team and the admin......Read More