when is the trip
April 1st-7th 2012
July 22nd-28th 2012
July 29th-August 4th 2012
June 17th-23rd
Where is the trip
Vicente Guerarro, Baja California Norte, Mexico (Near San Quintin Bay, approximately 200 miles south of the U..S. border on Mexico Highway 1).
What will we do on the trip
House builds, food distribution, community cleanup, base construction
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Expedition:Baja
From San Diego International Airport your journey begins. Picked up by StudentReach International staff you board vehicles and say goodbye to the comfortable world you know for 7 days. Crossing the border into Mexico, you travel 70 miles along scenic Mexico Highway 1 to beautiful Ensenada to be greeted by the largest Mexican Flag in the country. Here your journey really begins. for the next 3-4 hours, your route follows parallel to the Baja 1000 course through rugged terrain to the San Quintin Valley communities in the heart of rural Baja.
Remote beaches, dormant volcanoes and the beautiful waters of the Pacific greet you --here you will spend the next week helping the poorest of the poor distributing food, cleaning up communities and changing the lives of one family forever, building them a home.
In the down times, the Pacific calls and its beaches are ready for recreation and relaxation. Surfing, fishing, water sports, and beach activities will stretch you physically while the daily lessons in leadership will stretch you mentally. You will leave forever changed.
Participants will get an equal mix of hard work, enrichment and fun during this StudentReach expedition. Baja will involve building houses for needy families who are among the poorest of the poor, community clean-up and working with orphanages in the area. Through out the week we will also have leadership lessons and team building. During our free time, activities will include going to the beach, hiking and campground fun. In this setting, students will be able to challenge their perceptions and perceive their potential while changing the lives of the needy. This will be Extreme Home Makeover meets leadership experience meets summer camp. . .
Dorm style accommodations with modern showers, bathrooms and purified drinking water. Bedding is provided, no sleeping bag is needed, you can bring your own pillow if you want. Modest hotel accommodations or private rooms are available for married couples or families.
We will be involved in several areas of service including; house builds, food distribution, community cleanup, base construction.
We will have some free time and fun activities including; the beach, surfing, boogie boarding, fishing, snorkeling, hiking, etc. Please feel free to bring the items needed to engage in these activities.
We will be spending 7 days on the trip including travel.