Dear Lola, Only three months ago we were sitting at a café in Amsterdam, eating ‘bitterballen’ and sharing the limited amount of information we knew about a Dragons semester. This was when you first heard you’d be travelling with all your......Read More
After a reflective and relaxing transference, this semester has come to a close. It feels like just yesterday we were gathering in the Jakarta Airport Terminal 3 for the first of many group circles and emotional/physical needs check-ins. This......Read More
So the time has come, to say our goodbyes, at least for now. In other cases a see you soon. The group, with the exception of Hannah and Judah, are on their way to their gate and then Miami. We miss them already but we’re sure they are happy......Read More
The students just passed through security in the Lima airport, headed on to their connecting flight in Santa Cruz, Bolivia and then on to Miami!! Safe travels!...Read More
Dear Families and friends, Our Mekong crew are now setting out for their next exciting journeys. Nellie, Nick and Wes will complete their Greater Mekong Sub-region journey in Vietnam. Annika, Ben and Joya will be home soon with their families 🙂......Read More
Thursday, December 5, Jakarta “Because here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only......Read More
Goodbye today Brit Mekong Fall has been a hit See you in a bit ***This haiku was composed by two. However, it was at four and we wished to sleep some more. Thanks guys you’ve been great. Shenanigans fill our airport wait…...Read More
Hello everyone, As you’re likely aware, there have been strikes in Paris that have interrupted travel, including flights. I just spoke to Air France and they said that as of now, none of our fall team’s group flights have been cancelled,......Read More
Dear Families & Friends, Students on the group return flight departing from Kunming are on their way home (or towards onward travel)! Thanks so much to instructors Marcus, Maddie, Pei, and Tindy, to our China Program Coordinator, Annie Jiao, all......Read More
Good evening, On our last night before the students make their way home, we wanted to share a few thoughts with all of you who helped make this course possible. First, we are grateful for the support you have provided these students in arriving to......Read More
¡No puede ser! Three months have gone by. It’s nearly over and I’m not sure where to begin. We have settled in to our final location in Pucusana, Peru, our last stop on this journey before we have to say our goodbyes in Lima. We are surrounded......Read More
Crackling knees and rolled ankles. That is a description of my body during trek and possibly the name of our Acapella group’s first album. Please comment other album name suggestions down below! To preface this post, it is important to know......Read More
THE BLIND CAT OF MOULAY IDRISS I: I have no reason to believe in the appearance of things or in sight itself but I believe in the existence of things in themselves in such a way the Seeing cannot imagine And when I bump into a wall I bump into the......Read More
Dear Families and Friends, It is now December, and I hope that everyone is staying warm and happy. If some of you may recall, I wrote a Yak in early October in which I shared some of my sketches. So much has happened since then, and the course is......Read More
