As we leave the Thai border to head towards Ubon, Gai’s hometown, I reflect on my month in Cambodia. These past few weeks have challenged me in ways I have never been before–I explored a whole lot in both a physical and a metaphorical......Read More
Dear friends & families of the Mekong semester, Dragons courses always travel with “flexible itineraries” meaning that we can take advantage of opportunities & experiences that come up along our route. This semester, we were......Read More
Hello friends & families! The Mekong group departed Siem Reap early this morning and crossed the Cambodia-Thai border at a small land border crossing called Osmach. Crossing was smooth and quick. This afternoon, we arrived in the Thai city of......Read More
Here are some more photos from our visit to PEPY....Read More
On March 1, students visited a local nonprofit organization called PEPY, which empowers youth from rural areas to seek out higher education. We spent time with the students, who are similar ages to our students, in the morning, chatting &......Read More
Here are some photos from the first homestay! Beautiful pagoda by the water Swimming and singing songs from the “Mamma Mia” soundtrack Breaking out our swim shirts! My homestay house...Read More
When we left the Cambodian island village of Koh K’Sach Tonlea that we spent two weeks in, I started to think about what unconditional love means, and what it looks like in a culture starkly different than my own. When I think of unconditional......Read More
I didn’t think we would be camping on this trip, but this homestay made me feel like we were. At around 1am, I went downstairs to the bathroom and saw an enormous spider with a body the size of my hand. I sprinted back to bed and tucked in my......Read More
Family and friends, This morning, we said goodbye to our host family and left Koh Khsach Tunlea Island for the city of Siem Reap, our last destination of Cambodia. We have arrived in Siem Reap safely. We are now with our next in-country instructor,......Read More
These are photos of the group learning in all different environments as well as well as some fun action shots from the dance party....Read More
Final farewells photos of students with their host families....Read More
This video was filmed last night (26 Feb) at the final party on the island of Koh K’Sach Tonlea. It really made me smile today. The students all had a great time with their host families and were able to express their gratitude for their time......Read More
Hello family and friends of our Spring Mekong Students, I just wanted to let you know that the group said a teary goodbye to their homestay families this morning (27 Feb) following a final farewell party last night. The team are now currently on the......Read More
(To the tune of Frosty the Snowman) Bumpy idy, bump, bump, bump idy , bump, bump Look at the dragons gooo Bumpy idy, bump, bump, bump idy , bump, bump Over the rocks we gooo Jeffrey, the instructor has a realllly nice hat and he wears a kroma around......Read More
