One of the most anticipated activities our group looked forward to was dressing up in traditional kimonos in the beautiful city of Kyoto - known as the heart of Japan. We started our day by renting bicycles, a popular way to see the city. ... Continue Reading Kimonos & Biking in Kyoto,…
Ain’t no mountain high enough Renee Jennette, Emily Harrell, Emily Ellis
Finally we made it to machu picchu!!! The trip began at 6:40 in the morning, on our last day. You can only imagine our exhaustion! But this time, nobody fell asleep on the bus or even dared to yawn, because we were headed to one of the seven wonders ... Continue Reading Ain’t no mountain high enough…
“In Chinchero We Are Multitasking Women” By: Mickayla Neibert, Courtney Hodges, Megan Runion
Today we traveled to Ollantaytambo, Cuzco where we were shown the differences between baby alpaca, adult alpaca and plastic fur. We learned how the yarn is cleaned, spun and dyed. We also learned that the women of Chinchero are multi-taskers; they ... Continue Reading “In Chinchero We Are Multitasking…
Sunflowers and Mountains By Allison Schwind
Five years ago, if you told me that I would have spent my 21 birthday on a plane going to South Africa I would have told you you were crazy. When I thought of my 21st, I though that I would be getting drunky pants with my friends and doing the basic ... Continue Reading Sunflowers and Mountains By Allison…
Pre-Trip Poland Dinner by Dr. Diane Painter
The GCP-Poland participants are excited to be going to Wroclaw, Krakow and Warsaw, Poland for our spring 2017 trip. We gathered together for a pre-trip dinner to learn about some Polish dishes we may encounter such as perogies (dough dumplings) and ... Continue Reading Pre-Trip Poland Dinner by Dr.…
Two Countries Botswana is full of dichotomies.
Here we are on our next-to-last night in this amazing place. We have heard about national branding and the promotion of tourism from the Botswana Investment and Trade Center, and we have heard from the US Embassy Economics Officer about the ... Continue Reading Two Countries Botswana is full…
Two steps forward, and one drive backwards Dominican life in reverse.
The past two days have been extremely busy ones, so it's time for a recap! Monday we started the day by going to visit a small children's school and a water filtering place. We learned how they were able to filter water and provide it to the ... Continue Reading Two steps forward, and one…
Hope and Peace Two words that describe our day: hope and peace.
Here is another: lekgoa--a complicated word in Satswana, the language spoken in Botswana. Uttered by a child when seeing a white adult make for example, it may seem innocent enough. "Lekgoa!" or "White man!" (I remember similar comments from smiling, ... Continue Reading Hope and Peace Two words…
Kaadinchey! Kaadinchhey! Which means thank you, but is currently the only word we know, so it's being used for cheers!
One thing to know about a country with a lot of stray dogs: bring earplugs because there will be a lot of barking and you will without a doubt be woken up before you want to be. We started our second day with a talk by Dr. Saamdu, a Lama who gave us ... Continue Reading Kaadinchey! Kaadinchhey! Which means thank…