Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2014


Day 18 – CAP Delivery Day 3


Śi Se Puede! (Yes we can!) Hello! This is Elita Murtanu and Kabao Moua closing off the last day of our Community Action Project (CAP). We began the day at 6am and continued with a refreshing breakfast at 7am where we had delicious toast, cheese, fruit, and turkey ham....

Matagalpa 2 Day 17 – Fun Day


Hello Everyone, This is Averie and Zimba. Today consisted of a hasty wake up call followed by a long day of fun. We started the day by waking up thirty minutes later than normal (6:30am); we also only had a half hour to get ready so it was a pretty fast paced morning....

2 Ice Creams are better than one!


Hola!!! Hi My name is Nitasha Kang. Today I was the leader for free day! Today we woke up at 7am, and got ready so we could head to breakfast at 8am. We had a beautiful breakfast that reminded us we are so close to being home because it was a nice american breakfast....

CAP Finale


Hello my name is Peter Miles. Today the group had an early wake up which was around 6:30. We had Desayuno at around 7:30. The breakfast was an eclectic. We had cereal and toast (not like New York’s). After that we headed back to Saboneta for our final day there. When...

A Day at Somoto Canyon


On 08/08/14 we, Chanei and Jessenia, were the leaders of the second fun day so far.  We started our day at 4am in the morning making sandwiches for lunch in the afternoon. After this we woke everyone up so we could experience Nicaragua’s famous cookie in the city of...

Politics Day


The day started off with an early morning workout, 6:45 am. I was joined for a nice run and core exercises by Farima, Ryan and Cordelia.  Next followed a 7:30 am wakeup call to the rest of the group and then off to breakfast. 9:30 am we started our politics seminar...

Best Friends, Co Leaders and Global Glimpsers


           Joshua’s Perspective    Before my trip to Nicaragua, I wasn’t comfortable and confident with public speaking. When the time came to present a report in front of my class; I would shut down and get nervous, stutter, shake, and my voice would begin to...