Recent Trip Posts
A Simpler Life
EMILY VANHAITSMA – We adjusted to the altitude together, bargained in the markets together, and hiked up mountains we thought were impossible to climb.
Missing Where I Used to Be
TESS YOUMANS – I have always been comfortable with the discomforts that come along with travel; cold showers, unexpected weather, language barriers, running out of currency, the list goes on.
Machu Picchu
TIMKO BLYSNIUK – I understood that the early wake-up was to avoid the hordes of tourists that would overtake the archaeological site in the more reasonable hours in the morning, but even then my brain wasn’t convinced that it was the correct move.
Fanny Packs and Bucket Hats
KEIRA GROBBEL – While some visited the Temple of Sun, and others toured the coffee museum, I, along with Tess, Alex, Charlie, and Emily, wandered the streets of the city.
Trek Day Two: A Different Kind of Freedom
RACHEL WICKEY – I slowly, but surely, packed up all my things, trying my hardest to have my pack as weight free as possible because I was going to endure a 8 hour hike through the Inca Jungle.
Trek Day Two: Urubamba Views
SAFFRON JAMES -The terrain for the first half of the day was a lot of steep ups and downs. Even though the hiking was tiring the view was more than worth it.
Trek Day One: Biking Down the Malaga
JACQUES FINCH – As we were driving up the mountain, we started to drive into a cloud, which I assumed we would probably drive out of soon. But when we kept driving and stayed inside of the cloud, . . .
Goodbyes for Ninos del Sol
ALICIA ANDERSON -Today is the last day working with the ninos and I don’t think I have ever cried this much. I have gone through a lot of hard times and it surprises me that leaving a group of people I have only known for a week could hurt me more than ever.
This Moment – Black Gold
ALEXANDRIA D’ANTONIO – Initially, Avishai wanted three strong boys to help with the compost project but instead he got Ashley and I as volunteers, and we hauled ass.
Trips to be added:
1999: Ireland | 2000: Scotland | 2001: Italy/Greece | 2002: Japan | 2003: Alaska, Canada | 2003: Hungary | 2004: Costa Rica | 2005: India and Ladakh | 2006: Scandinavia |
2007: Dominica | 2008: China | 2008: Iceland | 2009: Northern Ireland | 2009: Nepal | 2009: American Road Trip I | 2010: Peru | 2011: Cuba & Belize | 2012: Turkey |
2013: Guatemala | 2013: American Road Trip 2 | 2014: Hawaii | 2015: Costa Rica | 2016: Cuba | 2016: Italy | 2017: Peru | 2018: Tanzania | 2019: Bigfoot Hunt (Pacific NW) |
2020: Eastern Europe |