Final group photo
Jessica, Dragons Admin
This is the final group shot of our travellers in LAX. Everyone is tired (understandably) but in good spirits 🙂...Read More
Indonesia: Community, Culture, & Conservation
The Group Flight Has Landed!
Jessica, Dragons Admin
Hi everyone, The group flight has landed just now. Abby has a connection she needs to meet. Vasco, Kat and Nell will be picked up from the LAX. Colin will accompany Jackson, Oliver, Yasmine and Dacotah to the hotel nearby for a night’s rest.......Read More
Indonesia group in-route to LAX
Aaron, Dragons Admin
Hi Everyone, The Indonesia group has departed Hong Kong and is in-route to LAX. We are wishing them a restful and uneventful flight! ...Read More
Main group in Hong Kong Airport
Jess, Dragons Admin
Hi everyone, The student group made it to HK safe and sound. They have a ~9 hour layover before their night flight to LAX. Thank you! Jessica....Read More
Barnet is on his way home
Jessica, Dragons Admin
And just like that, all students have departed Indonesia. Barnet is homebound. I’ll send an update when the main student group have reached HK. Jessica....Read More
Group through the gates
Instructor team, Instructor
The main student group are through the gates! We bid farewell to Barnet, Rita, Bradford, Lutfi who will remain to see Barnet off this afternoon. Our flights are on time. We’ll be home soon! 🙂...Read More
Group in Jakarta
Jessica, Dragons Admin
Hi everyone! Our Indonesia team has arrived safely to Jakarta. The group are heading to a hotel close to the airport for a hot shower and final dinner. Each of the students will be given their devices back when they get to the hotel (if they have......Read More
Goodbye Taylor!
Instructor Team, Instructor
We bid farewell to Taylor today who is travelling home to the Cayman Islands. It was another say goodbye, but we’re hopeful we’ll meet again soon. The rest of us will be on our way to Jakarta tomorrow (Wednesday) then onwards to home on......Read More
goodbye ines!
Instructor Team, Instructor
This is our last group photo with Ines this morning. It was a hard goodbye, but everyone is getting back to their normal selves after processing the realities that our program will be coming to an end sooner than expected. We are now heading for our......Read More
Team on the move
Jessica, Dragons Admin
Hi everyone, The group are on their way to Bajawa, which is the nearest town to our second homestay on the island of Flores. The students will all have the opportunity to jump online to check their emails and make calls home as needed (so stay......Read More
From Flores
Student Group, Participant
Hey guys, checking in again from the island of Flores where we’ve just spent 4 days on the Northern coast. We stayed at the Eco Eden lodge which was a lovely place- we slept in straw bungalows on the sandy beachfront, and ate our meals under......Read More
Places and Moments
Indonesia Instructor, Instructor
During our midcourse activities, our group has found ourselves far from the busy urban places on the island of Java, instead taking in the natural beauty and slower pace of life on the islands of Rinca and Flores, and learning about all kinds of......Read More
Team in a remote location
Jessica, Dragons Admin
Hi everyone, I just wanted to let you all know that the Indonesia semester team are safe in Riung enjoying their mid course by the beach. Comms are limited as there is very limited service and no access to emails etc. But by all means, I’ve......Read More
I got bitten by a komodo dragon help
Yasmine, Participant
We had a fire boat day on Sunday which consisted of seeing Komodo dragons, snorkeling, and sun bathing atop our awesome wooden two story boat. The dragons were cool and a bit daunting, and I did in fact get a necklace with a komodo tooth on it. ......Read More
Giant Dragons, Tiny “Men” and a Bad...
Tay & Col, Participant
Coming from a small island in the middle of the Caribbean, a day on a boat in the sun snorkelling may not sound as special to me. There were a few things that made this experience unique to me: the landscape, the heat, the people, the giant dragons......Read More
Ucup and the Screaming Goat
Nell & Abby, Participant
Picture of the Week
The wood block art studio is a creative space on all its own. As you walk up a set of stone steps, the smell of mosquito incense and a faint hint of cigarette smoke greets you at the front door. If you turn back and look down the stairs, Ucup’s home village dots across a sprawling green space. The sounds of chickens, a screaming goat that sounds scarily human, and the shouts of children playing take up the audible space around us. Ucup, the instructor we worked with for the three weeks we spent in Jogja, stands up with an… Read More