Category: English Blog Posts (164 results)
Taking over the ship
Taking over the ship is one of the students’ tasks in the project “Classroom under sail”. During the entire journey, there are three ship takeovers (German: Schiffsübergabe) and every one of them is unique in their own way. The first… read more
The struggles of the DPL
Show us a city, buy food for everybody. Or maybe plan a bike tour. All that and more are tasks of the Daily Project Leaders (DPL). But what even is the DPL? In Panama and Cuba, everyday two to three… read more
Riding bikes in Cuba
Our journey began last autumn in Kiel – we moved onboard the Thor Heyerdahl and left Germany. In our luggage, there weren’t only clothes for six months, but also over 30 bicycles. The following three months, they didn’t see any… read more
Returning to our new home
It is sometime in the morning. We’re sitting in small motorboats moving down a big river. Why are we sitting there? We’re on our way from Bocas del Toro, the last stop of our stay in Panama, back to the… read more
Miga-Cove: Our stay with the indigenous tribe Naso Tjër-Di
“Miga”-with this word the Naso greeted us every day. When a person said that, you answered with “cove”. It’s a friendly greeting in the language of the Naso. After a long bus ride, we arrived in the small town called… read more
Host Families
The bus stops, the sky is dark. It is late in the evening. I get off the bus, which brought us from David to Boquete. We all grab our backpacks and go to a place in front of the language… read more
At Miguel’s
“Everything that´s green is poison – good thing that I am brown all over.” ~ Flo That was our motto when we visited Miguel, a lovely, funny man who lives together with his partner Yaneth in the rainforest of Panama.… read more
New Year´s Eve
Same feeling, different place, different people. 8 am. My day started waking up in my hammock on Turtle Island and looking through palm leaves at a blue sky. Realizing that this had been the last night in 2024 brought a… read more
A very different merry Christmas
Sunshine, sea, hot temperatures, summer dresses, warm nights. Our very different Christmas. And yet: It wasn’t at all less beautiful than the Christmas we normally celebrate at home. In fact, we did celebrate at home. On the Thor, our second… read more
From paradise to pure reality
Hello dear readers. Here we are now, on the other side of the world. During our stay on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines we collected so many beautiful and lifechanging memories that there is an uncountable number of things I… read more