Written October 24, 2014. By Karissa Killian (Westminster College) On our second day in the Hoanib river bed on October 23rd, having seen five, young, collared male lions on our way into the Hoanib the day before, we decide…
Written October 13, 2014 By Blaise Sullivan (University of Vermont) What a day. What an absolutely crazy day. I’ll give a little context to where we’ve been: we arrived in Tortel seven days ago, a town of 500 people in…
Written October 17th (posted late due to limited internet access in the field) By Sam Wasserman (Colby College) “Woah, woah, woah, there’s an elephant!” Vehi stomped on the brakes, put the car in reverse, and backed up over the…
By Taylor Schlichting (Colby College) 5:45am wakeup, 6:00am breakfast is the daily routine. We sit around the table, quietly munching on our oatmeal with peanut butter, our bodies still numb from sleep. Since it is too early for the…
By Isabelle Lazarus (University of Vermont) I have arrived. It didn’t quite hit me when I stepped off of the plane in Santiago, nor when we landed in Balmaceda. It didn’t quite click when we wandered through the streets…