Posts Categorized: Guest Bloggers

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program In my experience of living in Latin America for small increments of time always takes the process of adjusting. Culture shock can be very common when being entirely exposed to another way of life; especially coming from one of the wealthiest countries in world… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program On Sunday morning we awoke early and had a delicious sweet pancake for breakfast. The dad walked us down to the dock and we were on our way to another of the large inhabited islands. This island is called Tecquile. They dropped us off on one side… Read more »

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Independent Teen program The scene is unreal. The hustle of the city meets serenity unfolding into mountains topped with los nubes (clouds). The mountains encircle all, from every direction, and immediately I thought, I really like this place. We drop off the other student at her apartment… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program So as I’ve been spending the past 3 weeks in Cusco I’ve definitely noticed quite a few things that are different from the US some of which are great some of which just need to be remembered before coming here so need to be taken into consideration…

By Katie P., Guestblogger from Coronado, Costa Rica Well, I made it. Somehow, someway, by some optimistic means the nightlong thunderstorm came to cease as we pulled out of the driveway at 3AM. Philly to Newark, I kept drifting in and out of consciousness, spread out in the back seat while Mom and Jay navigate… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program So we arrived in Puno at midnight and had a driver and guide pick us up at the bus station and take us to the hotel. The guys originally wanted to go out to a discotecha but the hotel said nothing was open and it was really… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUDprogram Thursday I got to work with the Peruvian doctor and help her do physicals and exams and write prescriptions. Then on Friday I went with her and a nurse and pharmacist to a very poor village about an hour and a half outside of Cusco where they… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program Hola!! This week has been full of new things. On Monday we started our Spanish medical vocabulary for an hour at the end of our other classes. We were supposed to have a lecture on Peruvian health at 9am but the doctor couldn’t come until later so… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger from Cusco, Peru SALUD program Hello! I am now entering my second week of classes here in Peru. We had a great weekend traveling within 2 hours of Cusco to visit various Incan and other Peruvian treasures. On Saturday a group of us went to Tipon (which is about 30 minutes outside… Read more »

By Jamie F., Guestblogger Hola everyone! I´m in Peru right now and loving it. I´m in the city of Cusco which is somewhat famous for its ancient Inca influences. There are ruins all over the city and these aren’t just your typically run of the mill ruins but marvelous structures that they don’t really know… Read more »