Month: July 2016
Havana organic agriculture and more
We’ve had a great time back in Havana! Last night we were able to go try our recently acquired salsa skills and also see some amazing local talent in action! This morning we went to an urban organic permaculture farm and toured the property! Weeded and helped plant bok choy, and interviewed some of their… Read More
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Cienfuegos and Trinidad
Hey everyone, The last few days in Cuba have been really great! We have had the opportunity to visit a few different places around the town of Cienfuegos while enjoying the local culture. After visiting an old coffee plantation and looking out over Cuba’s southern coast, we visited a small town called Trinidad. It’s cobblestone… Read More
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Bay of Pigs and Cienfuegos
Some shots from the beautiful beach we went to at the bay of pigs today, view from our hotel, and touring the town square and market of Cienfuegos today.
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Back in Havana
We returned from Vinales and have spent the last two days in Havana, Cuba. Yesterday we visited a government run home for the elderly and day care inside an old convent. Then we had some much needed free time to enjoy the pools at our hotel. We journaled and had discussion by the ocean. Afterwards… Read More
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Costa Rica Program Coming to a Close
Our final days in Costa Rica featured among other things: Indígenas skills basket weaving with Gerardo who then told us very theatrical stories from his village of zapaton which we learned was named after a giant shoe shaped stone (zapato) they found in the river. Huge thunderstorms thru the jungle and spotting toucans while touring… Read More
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Bartoleme and Tortuga Bay
We’ve been having an incredible past few days on the islands! On Wednesday afternoon we went surfing at tortuga bay, a white sand beach just a couple miles outside of the town. It was a blast! Luis, our guide, is also a surf expert so he gave us a quick lesson and then helped us get… Read More
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Mas de Cuba
We’ve had a great few last days! We got out of Havana and headed to the lush, green tobacco growing region of Vinales yesterday. Stopped along the way to tour the Eco community of las Terrazas. We toured an old French coffee plantation, and had a delicious local and vegetarian lunch! Afterwards we had some… Read More
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Galapagos First Days
We made it to Galapagos! After a long day of travel and arriving in Guayaquil, we headed out early Sunday morning for the islands. Surprisingly, when we got to the island of Baltra it was scattered with cacti and desert-like. Our guide, Luis, met us right at the airport and immediately introduced us to the island… Read More
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Hola de Cuba
Hola de Cuba! It has been a jam packed few days, sorry we have just managed to get to internet now. With the delay and luggage we didn’t exit the airport until 5pm the day we arrived, then we had a very late lunch followed shortly by dinner. Yesterday we learned about city planning and… Read More
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First Days in Mastatal
Here’s an update from Costa Rica: Students have been learning about natural building methods at Rancho Mastatal, such as cob timber frame bamboo and waddle and dob (pictured) which is mixed with your feet a combo of mud clay straw and water applied to a bamboo frame. We are enjoying all locally grown and produced… Read More
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