Dear families and friends, The big adventure has come to an end… sad to say goodbye, but happy to go home, the group is now on their way to Miami. All bags are checked, and security and immigration are passed. Emily and Cara, who are flying......Read More
Hola amigos y familia, Hello family and friends, Here we are, about to finish the amazing journey we started 12 weeks ago. We have learned so many things over the time of this course – about us as individuals, about our peers in the group, about......Read More
Dear Fall 2018 Guatemala Semester Families, It is hard to believe that 3 months 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......Read More
Dear Señora Café Internet, I hope this letter finds you well. How I miss you so. It seems like just yesterday we met, as I settled into of San Juan La Laguna this September. I fondly recall your welcoming smile at the Café Internet. A month gone......Read More
I know it is late and December, but I wanted to wish all of you fellow Yak readers a Happy Thanksgiving! After coming back to San Juan, from our 3-week long journey through Guatemala and Mexico, we were all excited to share one of our traditions......Read More
Hi, Yak readers! Guate X phase is officially over, the part of the trip planned by the students.We took Dragons to the Caribbean for the first time ever in Guatemala, spending 2 days in Livingston, 3 days at a community center called Ak Tenamit, and......Read More
Usually at my home in Portland you wouldn’t find me up before I have to be. I am a huge fan of sleeping in, if there’s an opportunity to sleep in until 10 or 11 am I’ll probably take it. Here in Guatemala though, there’s a lot to do and no......Read More
An impromptu dance class on the beach with Rogelio, the group’s guide in Livingston on the Caribbean coast!...Read More
In the past few weeks since leaving San Juan, among all of the intense, memorable experiences and fortunate opportunities we have had, Cooperativa Nuevo Horizonte near Santa Ana, Petén stands out. After the Guatemalan Civil War, ex-guerrilleros......Read More
Hi everyone!!! This is a pic I took the morning I left Guatemala. I look at it everyday and it reminds me of you guys and all the beautiful memories I have of you and the country. Thank you so much for all your sweet messages. It really means a lot.......Read More
Hola a todes! Hello everyone, We finish our Trek in Verapaz that took us from Rabinal to the comunity of Chitukan on the first day, were the president of the comunity welcome us with the best salón the comunity had to offer, and talked to us......Read More
Dear ones, As the sun rises over Lake Atitlan we embark on yet another chapter in our Guate Fall Semester. We’ve waved our hasta luegos to our homestay families and friends and find ourselves heading towards Achi territories in Rabinal, Baja......Read More
To get to the face of the Maya, You must walk though many coffee farms, then through someone´s coffee field. You are bushwacking through many coffee plants, then you feel something change in the air. All of a sudden you look down to your right and......Read More
A couple of weekends ago, I was invited by my host father, Diego, to play some soccer with him and his friends at the local field. For me, a soccer boy in withdrawl who had been dropping subtle hints of his futbol-remission for like three weeks now,......Read More
