By Jack Burnett of Bowdoin College When Gabe dropped us off for our one-week homestay at a campo with Nano and Jeannette Arratia, we weren’t really sure what to expect. Nicole, Seth, and I hopped out of the van at…
By Anna Messinger of Bowdoin College Travel south on the Carretera Austral from Cochrane for a few hours. You don’t pass much, just some forests, mysterious dirt roads, and an occasional view of expansive snow-capped peaks. Eventually you’ll see a…
By Ian Foote of State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry The Okavango Delta is often known for two things: its mammals and its birds. The Delta is home to the highest density of elephants, large…
By Patrick Heaton of University of Vermont It is the rainy season here in the Okavango and the roads are slippery and unpredictable. Our trusty Land Cruisers try their hardest but sometimes the roads win. We are almost a month…
By Ayana Harscoet of Bowdoin College We arrived at Marisol’s by truck on a cloudless afternoon, shaking a thick layer of dust off our packs (Anna had left the tailgate open, leaving them exposed to the dirt road). She found…