The Hug
The ashram I’m staying at, Amritapuri, is headed up by a famous guru named Amma. About a week ago, Amma arrived at the ashram, back from her annual tour of the US. In a matter of days, the ashram was…
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Day of the Devil
On Saturday, we left in search of the giant devil. We had heard that in the Old City, a three-story Satan stood watching over the people for all of December 7. Legend told that the devil watches over the town…
Leaving home to go back home
This past week was definitely bittersweet. I’m so thankful that I got to begin my journey in the little town of Pacho and end my Colombian adventure there with all the people I’ve come to love. Even though I’m now…
Camera Status
Many apologies- our camera broke. We would very much like to share everything that has happened over the past couple of weeks, but it seems that the humidity in our village was too much for my 6-year old camera to…
Up in Flames
I’m a huge fan of the Hunger Games series. I saw the first film in France in 2012 and loved it so much that I immediatelybought the following two books and read them both in…
A quick update
Just a quick update to say we are in Pacho for another week of SuperVacas and wifi is a little sparse. I leave this Friday for the U.S. and will be sure to have many updates and photos then. Hasta…
Doi Chaang
Yesterday I made the 2 hour trip to Doi Chaang, which is one of the top mountains in Thailand to grow coffee on. I was met at a local coffee shop by a woman named Doon, hopped in her pickup…
Settling in
Now that I feel fully settled into working in the ecovillage and living at the ashram, I’d like to pick up my story where I left off with my last post. When I arrived at Amritapuri ashram, the staff decided…
Feed our Need to Read
About two weeks ago, at a very unfortunate time, we found out that our Internet has a limit. It surprised us when, after finishing another episode of Breaking Bad, our modem notified us that we had used our 12 GB’s…
Frequent Charades
I have successfully finished my fourth week of being a teacher. I am slowly getting used to the routine of waking up early, having a desk, being referred to as “Teacher Kyle”, and my life being a constant game of…