Our travels continue…we landed in Johannesburg and spent a wonderful day exploring the city. We kicked off our day with a personalized guided tour at Soccer City, site of the 2010 World Cup Stadium. Getting the chance to see the players’ locker rooms and walk through the tunnel ramp onto the field was surreal. Keagan […]
Everything is going great in beautiful Quito! We’ve been busy making new friends, learning, and laughing together! We are staying in the Mariscal neighborhood in the new part of the city. It’s a bustling section filled with people, vendors and restaurants. We’ve had the opportunity to try many Ecuadorian dishes such as locro soup – a […]
Sawati-kah/krup! Chiang Rai, the northernmost province of Thailand, welcomed us with its smiles and fun long tail boat rides. We were all so excited to begin our first day volunteering, where we painted the outside of classrooms and the school canteen. The group really wanted to make a positive impact on the children’s lives and the […]
What an action-packed week it’s been in Costa Rica! Last week, we volunteered for a second day in La Carpio where we once again had the opportunity to play with children at the community center, as well as help lay concrete in homes. The people there are experiencing a level of impoverishment that we could […]