Thursday, October 09th, 2014
An American Girl in Cuba
Lili Boyle 16-year-old from Pacific Palisades, CA Posted: 02/08/2012 8:24 am EST Updated: 04/09/2012 5:12 am EDT Simply put, I love Cuba. No, I am not a communist or a socialist, and I have nothing but love for my country, America. But my biased perceptions of Cuba were broken when I got the chance to explore Cuba and immerse myself… [Read Full Article]Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel Upcoming Trips,Power to the Peaceful,Student Community Service,Student travelers
Saturday, April 05th, 2014
Mira Costa School - Remembrance of the Past
by Derek Russell on April 4, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaTuol Sleng Prison stands as a monument of the unspoken horrors and tragedies of the Khmer Rouge. The broken and corroding walls of the once high school convey a strong lesson, displaying an event that seeks to never occur again. With pictures of the victims on the wall and torture tools in clear sight, it… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Peace Works Travel,Student travelers
Friday, April 04th, 2014
Mira Costa School - A New World
by Scott Schaffer on April 3, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaThe first day of our great adventure began with what felt like someone put us in an oven. With heat and humidity that none of us have ever experienced before, the crew was left dumb struck by the pure intensity of the sun above us. Although this first thought wasn’t the slightest bit a pleasant… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Educational travel programs,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Student travelers
Friday, April 04th, 2014
Mira Costa School - The Cambodia I Want All of Us to Know
by Nick Borges De Vaconcelos on April 3, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaWhen I walked down the street I was instantly enchanted by the people and everything around me was fascinating, from the slums that housed most of the population to the shops full of paintings. Firstly, we went to a Buddhist temple which housed the king, it was a huge monument to the wealth the… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Education Travel,Global Community,Global Education,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Student travelers
Friday, April 04th, 2014
Mira Costa School - Golden Temples & Sweaty People
by Alex Jarus on April 3, 2014 in Letters From CambodiaWell after a struggling and dreary 19 hours on a plane & in an airport we finally arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Exhausted to no end and jet lagged beyond belief we crawled into our beds at a beautiful little guest house nestled in a back alley. We awoke in the morning to a scorching… [Read Full Article]Cambodia Student Trips,Global Community,Global Education,Live Learn Travel,Mira Costa Cambodia 2014,Peace Works Travel,Student travelers