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Equipped with youthful moxie, during the summer of 2016, I decided to trek to the Amazonian village of Manacamiri to experience firsthand the life changing power of Ayahuasca and explore Amazonian culture.

I spent the summer of 2018 river rafting, gawking in awe at Machu Picchu and enjoying some exotic cherimoya cake in a quaint cafe overlooking the beach.

Llamas are capable of deep communication with open hearts. Just the sight of these llamas brings a light, happy feeling to most.

For some, studying abroad is made meaningful through experiences outside the classroom.

Jack Symes has been in three bands over the span of his musical career. Though he’s now primarily a solo artist, in his past musical lives, there was the high school group the Beefcakes and the college projects the Shady Ladies and the Midwest Can Company.

Onlookers revelled not only in the sheer beauty of the parade on Sunday, but also in the cultural visibility it afforded.

This multifarious concoction, intermingling of distinct elements is similar to the architecture of my identity.

UC Berkeley’s study abroad programs attracted more than 1,700 students from fall 2016 to summer 2017, studying in 40 countries across the globe.

To decide to embark upon the journey of a senior thesis is to test one’s commitment, determination, fortitude and patience.

It was a warm winter night in the Peruvian rainforest as we stumbled off the boat and back to our cabins on the shore of the Tambopata River. The boat’s motor was turned off, its gentle whirring giving way to the tweeting and chirping of an enormous and endless array of invisible creatures, each as mysterious to us as we were to them. Walking alongside us, our tour guide, Gustavo, was humming a Bob Marley song.