Spending time in South America

Megan Ostermick, alumna (class of ’11), South America

After graduation I headed back to the tourist town of Talkeetna, Alaska, where I grew up. My boyfriend, Kyle, and I both spent about 4 months there working at a restaurant where I worked in high school. Being a tourist town, this paid pretty good money and we were able to save up for a long trip to South America, which we had been planning for almost a year.  Once the summer season ended we made a short stop in California to visit Kyle´s family and then in mid-October flew into Lima, Peru. We have spent the past two months travelling throughout Peru and plan to spend another month here. After our visas run out in Peru we will make our way to Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, possibly Bolivia, and eventually back to Peru.

During our time travelling we have done a lot of sight seeing as well as volunteering, and we recently finished some trekking. For more information on our travels, visit our blog at: meganandkylestriptosouthamerica.blogspot.com.

Once we have had our fill of adventure for awhile, we will likely return to Tacoma for a couple of years where I will attempt finding a job somehow related to social work and/or working with the homeless. After getting some experience in this field I will apply to graduate school, with the end goal of becoming a clinical social worker.

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