BY: LAMI SOETAN In just five days, a team of four people were able to build a 40 square meter house, complete with two bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom and a kitchen for only $6,800.…
Inside one man’s motorcycle road trip across Asia and South America
BY: ADAM THRUSH What do Che Guevara and Tim Allen’s character in 2007’s Wild Hogs have in common? Still can’t think of anything? The answer: motorcycle road trips! They are some of t…
Nets that can capture water out of thin air have huge influence on the world’s driest regions
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO The Atacama Desert is the driest place on earth. You may recognize it from Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets where its desolate appearance was a convincible substitute for Mar…
A backpacker’s guide to the diverse world of the South American Guianas
BY: ADAM THRUSH The Guianas (or ‘the Wild Coast,’ as it was once known) is a section of South America usually omitted from both long-term backpacking trips as well as short-term vacations.…
The Gold and the Golpe: The hectic nature of hosting the Olympics while impeaching your president
BY: ADAM THRUSH August 2016 will go down as one of the most memorable in Brazilian history. South America’s first ever Olympics were hosted in Rio de Janeiro and, on the last day of the month, t…
Teaching English could be your ticket around the world
BY: Zoe Melnyk So you’ve graduated with a wonderful degree in a major that you’re passionate about that has absolutely no “real world” qualifications for a job, let alone a career. You couldn’t help i…