Scavenger Hunt in Poptun

Hi everyone!
Its Emily, Lauren, and Hannah. We are in the village of poptun in guatemala doing a scavenger hunt (like the others below said) It took us a while to get to here but we made it! Even though were all sweaty and not very clean were excited to be here. We´ll post again as soon as we can
hasta luego

NUMERO UNO!

Hola amigos y familia!
Lauren F, Brooke, and Griffin here! we are currently on a scavenger hunt in a local town. we have had a wonderful time sofar at finca ixobel, relaxing, bonding, and preparing for our trip. the walk here was supposed to be 40 minutes but due to directional difficulties we went on quite the adventure through the town basura, aka the dump- the elephant graveyard... well not elephants but horses, with vultures. it was quite the experience, especially for griffin who was very afraid of the birds. the walk took almost three hours and made lunch taste so much better! we will take a tuk tuk back, which is a motorized rickshaw with room for three. later we will be swimming in the local lagoon, and tomorrow we are hiking to a river cave.
we love you all and miss you!
hope everyone is well, look for more posts soon
Griffin, Lauren, Brooke

So thats a Basura!?

Hello everyone this is Brian, Lexi and Kelly. We are on a scavenger hunt in Poptun, Guatemala. The place where we are staying is amazing and wonderful. We are all looking forward to a lovely lagoon swim later after a very long trek today. In case you did not know a basura is not just a garbage it is also a landfill...we were able to find this in the mountains on our walk. We were all together on the walk and bonded over the lovely experience. Everything is amazing and we will let you know more about our adventures along the way.

Adios for now!

Arrival in Finca Ixobel

I just received an email from Heather and Adam that the group's officially touched ground at Finca Ixobel, the site of their orientation and also the group's first real solid ground since taking off in SF! In Heather's words the leaders are typing from "the Flinstone's original computer" so don't expect any contact from the students until tomorrow at the earliest :-)

Yours,

Ethan

Let the journey begin!

I just got off the phone with our fearless leaders and everyone has safely arrived into SFO and are with their group! ... that's right, everyone! Despite snow on the East Coast, several frazzled flight rearrangements and one delay, the group is successfully united!

Stay tuned as another blog gets posted from Finca Ixobel during their first stop for orientation.

Yours in spirit,

Ethan Knight

Executive Director

Airport meeting information

Hola otra vez! 5 Days until we meet in SFO...

We will be meeting in front of the TACA airlines counter in the international terminal at 8:30pm on Wednesday, Feb 10th. We know many of you have flights that get you in well before 8:30pm, but just in case you are running late or can't find us, please call 1-877-285-1808. This is a Carpe Diem office number that will be answered all evening the night of our departure, and they will help you find us or let us know where you're at if you're behind schedule.

"True morality consists not in following the well beaten track ,
but in finding the true path for ourselves and in fearlessly following it."
Mahatma Gandhi

Look forward to meeting you all soon!
Adam and Heather

Hola CAM Spring 2010!

Hola and greetings from Carpe Diem HQ in Portland, OR. We are both very excited for our upcoming adventure - with less than a week to go before we meet in SFO, we have been working hard with final preparations and packing, as we imagine many of you are doing as well.
We will be calling you all in the next few days before we leave, to chat a bit and answer any questions you might have, as well as to pass along some last pieces of information.
Feel free to pass along this link to your friends and family, as we will all be taking turns updating it throughout the semester.
Enjoy your last weekend at home and we look forward to meeting you all muy pronto!
All the best,
Heather and Adam