Day Trip to Tigre
Submitted by Makena on Wed, 10/06/2010 - 00:04
Day Trip to an Estancia
Submitted by Makena on Tue, 10/05/2010 - 22:46Our second API-sponsored day trip was to an Estancia, or ranch, about 90 minutes outiside of the city of Buenos Aires, where we spent a relaxing day horseback riding, eating, singing, dancing, and soaking up the sun.
Packing, cleaning and moving, oh my...
Submitted by Sara on Fri, 09/24/2010 - 07:59
...it came so soon - how the time does fly!
Enjoying the Local Parks
Submitted by Jennifer on Wed, 09/22/2010 - 07:39On Thursday we left for an Arcadia sponsored safari to the Manyara National Park where we saw Giraffes (YAY!), Elephants, Baboons, Zebras, and many many more creatures. Since going to Costa Rica and learning about the effects of tourism, I found that I approach the idea of an "African Safari" a little differently. When looking at all the dust kicked up by the trucks it was a little hard not to think of the impact on nature and on the animals our being there had.
Camel Safari!
Submitted by Jennifer on Sat, 09/18/2010 - 10:30This past Saturday the girls went to Mkuru Camel Camp which is a camel safari company for community development. The Mkuru Camel Camp is supported by a few NGOs and our 3 guides on the camel safari were Maasai men who spoke very little English. It was really fun trying to talk to them in the little Kiswahili we know and have them teach us Maasai words (Asante=Thank you in Kiswahili and in Maasai it is Asha, or something like that lol).