Casey's Blog Posts
Flying Foxes in Australia
“Excuse me. Where are your bats?” The runner slows down and removes his headphones. “Pardon?” “Your bats. I hear there are bats around here. In your botanic garden,” I ask. He looked around the Sydney Botanic Garden and attempted to catch his breath but there was a look of confusion on his face. “I’m not [...]
Visiting Iconic Rio de Janeiro
When arriving in Rio, I was determined not to like it. “This place stole the 2016 Olympics from Chicago, and I am going to find reasons why it doesn’t deserve it,” I thought to myself when we arrived. In the bus ride to the iconic Christ the Redeemer I looked out the window at all [...]
Visiting the Favelas of Rio
We never thought we’d ever be involved in a high speed motorcycle chase during this internship. But GAP Adventures threw us a curve ball today. Our tour guide, Marcus, led us through the favelas of Brazil, which are essentially the city slums. As he began to give our group a run down of what to [...]
Tackling the Tango in Argentina
So… you think you can dance? Well try the Argentinian tango and let me know how that goes. We took a quick bus ride with our group of fellow GAP Adventurers to our big Tango dance class. I have enjoyed dancing with my friends before (in more of a free-form, embarrassing way) so to go [...]