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Jan 25 2026
A major highlight of our trip so far was visiting the famous Prambanan, a UNESCO world heritage site and the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia. We toured the temple complex, and climbed many stairs to greet the Hindu pantheon of goddesses and gods housed in each Candi.
In the evening, we returned to Prambanan for an excellent performance of the Ramayana ballet, based on the sacred Hindu text and epic story. Set to traditional gamelan music, the ballet has been performed since 1961, inaugurated by Indonesia’s first president Sukarno as a cultural symbol and expression of distinctly Indonesian art and dance.
In week two of our trip, our class went on its first train ride in Northern Ireland, and some of us rode a train for the first time! We were on our way to one of Northern Ireland’s more famous...
At the start of our final week, we traveled from Corrymeela to downtown Ballycastle Harbor to meet the ferry that would take us to Rathlin Island. For some of us, it was our first time on a boat. The ride...
By Hillary Harder This week for our final group trip during the Study period, we traveled to the western edge of the Amazon rainforest. This was our first time leaving the central sierra region of Ecuador and traveling to a…