Welcome to Miami!
Sarah O'Brien, Dragons Admin
The South America Semester landed in Miami International Airport successfully! We wish them the safest of travels and a happy reunion with loved ones at home! The Dragons Admin Team...Read More
South America: Andes & Amazon
¡Tupananchiskama, hermanas y hermanos!
I-team, Instructor
Dear families, We would like to inform you that we have just left our dear students at the Arequipa airport. They will arrive in Lima in a couple of hours and, from there, the group will continue on their way to Miami (with a stopover in Panama). We......Read More
Composition
Kat, Participant
Both body and fuel composed of dense and aged material. A circular desert, fortified, humans huddle for warmth and light. My thoughts momentarily taken by raging yet soft flames, I find peace. Sitting here, the fire draws me back to the people and......Read More
Humbling
Slate, Participant
Yak of the Week
The mountains have a special talent for reminding you how small you are, and not in a demeaning way but in a humbling way. Mountains are good at humbling you. Living in a city has created separation between me and nature and until coming on this......Read More
Transference in La Caleta San José
I-team, Instructor
Queridas familias, Yesterday, April 25, we arrived at La Caleta San José (Arequipa) for our transfer (the last phase of our trip). In just a day and a half, in addition to activities that have helped us to reflect about our trip, we have also had......Read More
Definitely Go Chasing Waterfalls
Justin, Participant
Yak of the Week
A throwback Yak from our time in the Amazon: The day started like how you expect when living in the RAINforest with Miles, Braiden, and my stuff and tent soaked from the rain. After getting ready for the day and gobbling down another great......Read More
The Land Before Time (1988)
Spencer, Participant
Yak of the Week
Words spoken in lockstep conversation while climbing upwards endlessly into the sky tend to be of the surprisingly deep sort. Where, I wonder of my own brain, is your endless grace, your Old Man River, your million and one bug bites? Careful, I warn......Read More
Choquequirao (aka Choquequirwow!)
Instructors, Instructor
Picture of the Week
Hello friends, family, and fellow Peru enthusiasts, I write you now from Urubamba, where the whole crew has settled into homestays as a part of their x-phase plan. After many weeks of adventure and almost constant movement, we have all been enjoying this new speed, relishing in a routine and the comfort of becoming familiar with a space. It is because of all this adventure and movement that we are a bit behind on sharing stories from our experiences, so I want to tell you all a bit about the trek we just completed. I must admit, after an experience… Read More
International Return Flight Information
Sarah O'Brien, Dragons Admin
Dear Families & Friends, It is hard to believe that almost three 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
Expedition phase in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
I-Team, Instructor
Queridas familias, We are writing to inform you that, after an arduous five-day trek to the temple of Choquequirao, Machu Picchu’s sacred sister, we are now in the heart of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, specifically in the town of Urubamba.......Read More
Vulnerability Buy-In
Tom, Participant
Yak of the Week
Not a big emotions guy ya know. Don’t like conveyin em. Don’t like talking about em. And that has been pretty satisfactory for me. There are times where I might make a friend and it might go past the surface level, and when that happens, I’m......Read More
An update and photo from the trek!
Aaron, Dragons Admin
With a rare internet connection from their Choquequirao trek yesterday, the group was able to send through a photo and reports that all is well! They spent last night in Chiquisca and will finish the trek by tomorrow, so we hope for more updates......Read More
Teatro Trono
Julia, Participant
Teatro Trono was an amazing experience. My only regret is that we weren’t able to spend more time with the amazing people there. They had this collective energy and happiness that was so incredibly addicting and made me feel so much more energetic......Read More
El Espejo – The Mirror
Walt, Participant
Yak of the Week
I am a skeptic. I always have been. Just last week, a few of us were walking about Tiquipaya, sharing thoughts and experiences with hypnosis. “There’s just no way”, “It’s not possible”, and “it never can happen” were just a few......Read More
We are back in La Paz!
I-team, Instructor
Hello families, If we have been a bit silent, it is because we have been on a long, long trip (on buses, walking, on boats) through the Bolivian Amazon. So, we wanted to let you know that we are all well, back in La Paz, recharging energies for our......Read More