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 This fall we had the pleasure to work with the Hong Kong South Island School in Yunnan.  We had a great trip learning about the local culture and experiencing local life.  We started the trip on a hike through the world famous Tiger Leaping Gorge, spending the night in one of the most scenic places on the planet.  After the hike we headed to Shangri-la to learn from the local culture; we danced with the locals, ate amazing Yak Hot Pot, explored the beautiful temples, and learned the Buddhism art of drawing Buddha and lotus flowers followed by a bit of service to help out t

We had the privilege of working with Hong Kong’s South Island School for our second time this autumn in both Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. Both trips were full of cultural exploration, service, adventure, and fun.
 

 YCIS had its first ever outdoor adventure trip here at Terratribes’ lovely home base of Yangshuo this past October. Students had the chance to hike the lovely Longsheng Rice Terraces, where they stayed in a beautiful guest house and enjoyed a unique Yao minority dancing a culture show, complete with students dancing along with the locals. After completing the challenging hike, everyone travelled back to our base camp, where they got to camp out and learn to start fires, cook, and appreciate the great outdoors.

This fall, Terratribes was super psyched to run its first trip in Malaysia with Harrow International School of Beijing through a partner company of ours called Our Little Planet. Students travelled down to Malaysia with us where they were able to have fun water adventures and beach experienced led and implemented by our great OLP staff!  Students were able to do swimming, snorkeling, team games, beach volleyball, trekking, and even working with a sea turtle conservation project.

This fall we worked with Harrow International School North of Beijing in the Baihe area.  Baihe is a wonderful area that offers a plethora of outdoor opportunities.  We had an exciting schedule with Harrow which was composed of Hiking and backpacking though the mountains in the rain where the students, teachers, and guides were humbled by the torrential downpour that followed us though the mountains.  Once we dried from the hike we spent the next few days biking through the county side, rock climbing and abseiling on the beautiful granite rock, and learning how to work together

Just before October holiday, CISS joined Terratribes in Beijing for a city/country tour. With a large group of over 100 students, we had to split the crew in two. One team started in the countryside with working on a corn farm in the surroundings of Beijing. Students learned about how farmers live and survive on their crops and helped harvest the corn. This was followed by a magnificent hike along a particularly special and unspoiled section of the Great Wall at Jinshanling.

In September, we had the opportunity to run one of the most intriguing and remote trips we run here at Terratribes in Xinjiang, which is in the far northwest of China. Students from Concordia explored this culturally and geographically diverse area and were also able to spend a day with a local school located in a remote village in the desert.
 

We had a unique opportunity to offer Peking University their first adventure activities on a trip of all time here in Yangshuo. In between their rigorous and enlightening service activities at a local school, we did adventure activities with them such as cycling, climbing, zip lining, abseiling, and even some extra cycling! The students were eager for the activities, and we are proud of their great attitudes participating in these new activities that they will be able to do again in the future!

Last spring, Terratribes had its first opportunity to work with a fun group of year 5 students from British International School of Shanghai. The students met us in an area outside of Shanghai called Nanbeihu, meaning north-south lake. Nanbeihu is a fun place for students to escape the city and try new things and experience new challenges.

This past spring, Terratribes took SAS students to Kangding, nestled in the foothills of the Himalayas a few hours from Chengdu. After picking up the students and teachers, we wound our way up through the mountains towards the fabled town of Kangding, crossing the ‘border’ into the Tibetan Autonomous region. As soon as we entered, we were in an almost entirely Tibetan population, with a very different look and feel to the culture just down the hill in Chengdu.