Greetings America! ¡Dios Mío! The trip is over??? Somehow the last 14 days have felt like an entire year in Cuba yet simultaneously like the flash of a dream. Only in a country this profoundly fascinating, confusing, irresistible, and vibrant could time move so fast and still so slow. We left Havana for a couple […]
Being our second to last day on the island of Santa Cruz, we have all settled in to the endless stream of activities we have here. After the surfing day, we went to Las Grietas, which is a giant fissure in the lava rock, to swim and snorkel. It is on “the other side,” so […]
Hey folks, Okay, so you heard about the program…but what about the cast of characters?? So…We asked our students to write something they admire and value about specific person in the group (drew names) and this is what they wrote… “Kevin has tremendously grown as a leader on this program. I admire his inclusiveness during […]
The past few days have been awesome! Meeting new people, trying new things, and being able to participate in extraordinary things has been the highlight of the trip so far. Yesterday we started off the day at 5:30 am. Our day consisted of a bus ride, a boat ride, a hike, and an amazing snorkel. […]
Hey Families and Friends, Greetings from Old Havana, from the lobby of the historical Hotel Los Frailes, a very old monastery-turned-hotel that is currently filled with relaxing live Cuban jazz and me, hurriedly piecing out a blog for this incredible trip. I apologise profusely for not getting a blog out sooner, but this program has […]
I’m writing this from our lovely hostel while a group of us is preparing dinner for tonight. We’ve had a long day, starting at the Charles Darwin research center where we were able to see the famous Diego along with some other adorable young tortoises (would anyone notice if we adopted one?). The tortoises are […]
Greetings from Hanover. We’ve had a great start to the week, exploring both and out of classroom. We started Monday with the topic of “value-based organizations,” including a case study of a certain Vermont ice cream company that was purchased by Unilever not too long ago. And then we went and visited that company in […]
Alli Puncha – Good morning from the Amazon! On Sunday we visited a Kichwa market to pick out locally grown produce to cook our own lunch. We organized and cooked a meal for the whole group using the kitchen in Huasquila. That afternoon we hiked through the second largest cave system in Ecuador, las Cavernas […]
We spent the day in Guayaquil with the group getting ready for Galapagos! We’ve been getting to know each other and exploring the city, adjusting to the tropical heat. The highlight of the day included this iguana park, where many iguanas roam around and go about their business without much notice of the people. Looking […]
After several days of moody weather, the sun has finally come out. We had a glorious weekend, kicked off with a food-centric Friday. An afternoon at the Dartmouth Organic Farm engaged in some hands-on gardening followed by an evening workshop on food justice was on the menu for Friday. Saturday we returned to the farm […]
