Category Archives: Travelers’ Tales

Impressions of India from one of the Fall 2011 LEAPYEAR group. Life in Varanasi gives new meaning to the word busy.  Millions of people moving, singing, praying, talking, selling, buying, working, cleaning, cooking, and sleeping.  If New York never sleeps, … Continue reading →

Check out this video shot by a LEAPYEAR student who spent the spring of 2011 working at a pre-school in Zanzibar – a group of islands off the coast of Tanzania. So I made another video this week, this time … Continue reading →

This report received from a LEAPYEAR student who spent the spring of 2009 working at a medical clinic in Aceh – a part of Indonesia that was very hard hit by the tsunami.  This student had his EMT, and had … Continue reading →

An email sent to LEAPNOW by a student that was doing a 3-month semester of travel, work & study in India in 2009: Boiling down a two-month experience into an email isn’t an easy task. Here’s a boring list of … Continue reading →

From a LEAPYEAR student who has been working alongside midwives in Ghana, West Africa in the final days of her internship. I am writing you with only one week left in Ghana. It has been such an incredible adventure, I … Continue reading →

An amazing email from a student to her group as she contemplates completing her solo internship working with autistic children in Vietnam, and returning to the U.S. to rejoin her group for their final retreat.    This post demonstrates the … Continue reading →

A post from a student, interning at a dive shop and dive boat on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.   He has struggled with procrastination for many years.   Finding traction and motivation within during the solo internship! I just … Continue reading →

A description from a student of his Spring 2008 internship activities working to protect the marine environment on the coast of Madagascar (an island off the east coast of Africa)! Life here is turning out to be wonderful.  Everyday I … Continue reading →

Reflections from a LEAPYEAR student wrapping up her internship in Nepal.   Her spring internship was focused on study of Tibetan Buddhism at a monastery outside of Kathmandu: I just took two days and went out to Pokhara, a lakeside … Continue reading →