Fall Quarter Group Travel Abroad
"We travel initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next, to find ourselves.......we travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate....... We travel, in essence, to become young fools again - to slow time down and get taken in, and fall in love once more." Pico Iyer
India
Religion, Service, and Cultural Immersion
in Northern India
Central & South America
Language, Service & Environmental Work
in
Guatemala, Nicaragua & Peru
During the first quarter of a LEAPYEAR, students travel in groups of 8-12 with two experienced adult leaders. During the 2012 LEAPYEAR programs, students have the following choices:
Jan - July LEAPYEAR: India 8 weeks
September start: Students can choose between groups that travel to India or Central & South America. The groups travel together for a total of 10 weeks.
The emphasis is on breadth of experience - immersion in the language, sampling of diverse short-term internships, social service work, trekking, work with endangered animals or on behalf of the environment, and completion of short-term contemplative retreats. During these group travel months, students learn the skills they will need to live, travel and work independently during the solo internship in the second half of the year.
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