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It has been a very long time since my last blog. What has changed? Well I've graduated, and now am looking to get into a bachelor's program. I started meditating a lot after Peru as a way of staying calmer. I was this worry wart, and th [...]
Posted by Samuel • 67 days ago • View comments
Seeing Machu Picchu was worth hiking 88 km, and reaching heights of 4215km above see level. Machu Picchu gave us insight to how this great society existed before the Spanish colonized Peru. Learning how they grew crops, their engineering techniques, [...]
Posted by Marcell M • 4 months ago • View comments
Day 15-16 The last days of our adventure in a foreign land were spend celebrated together, honor the rich culture background of Peru at the day of sun festival. On this day the people stop to honor and embrace their rich historical ancestry, provin [...]
Posted by Marcell M • 4 months ago • View comments
Day 11 - 14 Hi to all of our followers. On behalf of the Peru Crew i would to thank for your endless support on our journey. The infamous Inca trail, one of the nine wonders of the ancient world, has been one greatest experience of my life. Truly an unf [...]
Posted by Marcell M • 4 months ago • View comments
Having the opportunity to stay with a family was one of the many features and components of this experience that I was very, very excited about. I feel that there is no better way to authentically experience one’s culture, food, life, traditions, value [...]
Posted by Michelle Galeotalanza • 6 months ago • View comments
The 4 Day Inca Trail...I do not know where to begin other than to say this was definitely a mosaic of feelings mixed together to create my greatest challenge that turned out to be a beautiful experience. Never in my life, I will repeat, never in my life [...]
Posted by Michelle Galeotalanza • 6 months ago • View comments
As a child, I absolutely loved the book, Anne of Green Gables. When Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert of Prince Edward Island, ask for a boy orphan to help on the farm, mistakenly they are sent 11 year-old Anne, who insists that others only call her Ann [...]
Posted by Erin Wallace • 8 months ago • View comments
As time goes by I find myself experiencing life with a wave of sensitivity. I react to everything. I can't help it. I am able to put myself in other people's shoes. This is whether it is fictional (like when I read or watch movies [...]
Posted by Samuel • 8 months ago • View comments
The last time I blogged was on the final evening I spent in Peru. Time goes by too quickly and as I sit here, I cannot believe that it has been almost two months since our journey came to an end. I have had quite a bit of time to digest, reflect and [...]
Posted by Lisa Evans • 9 months ago • View comments
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