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Day 3: (Monday… and already got what we came for!)

(by Shannon VanDenEng) After our past two days of driving, we were finally able to wake up with the sunrise on the beach in beautiful Hatteras. We started off the morning by cleaning out a building at the Hatteras Island Ocean Center that was damaged by Hurricane...

First Day at the GMHC

We got a firsthand experience of an early morning, big city commute on the subway. Those trains were packed! The New Yorkers were doing their own thing; reading, sleeping, figuring out where their stops were…and then there was us laughing and joking around....

New York Day 2

The group agreed to have a later start this morning to recover from our busy day of travel. Our first stop was Sylvia’s Soul Food where many of us ordered fried chicken and waffles. While we ate, gospel music played in the background. After our Sunday Soul...

Day 2: The Adventure Continues

Today marks day two of our glorious trek to Hatteras. The day started again as yesterday did with a grand drive down a highway. Very thrilling, to be sure. After about 3 hours, we all were able to stretch our legs and take a short hike down the Appalachian Trail!...

Day 3- a day in the life of a coffee farmer

Greetings! Today we woke up as usual, bright and early and had breakfast at 7:30. Breakfast was delicious and consisted of many fruits, boiled bananas and pineapple pancakes. Yum! (Oh and of course de la gente coffee). We left after breakfast and walked to a farmers...