Grounded and Grateful

Being the leader of the day, the lider del dia, is tough. You are responsible for counting everyone on the bus, you have to remind the glimpsers to drink water, and even make sure that they are healthy by asking if they have pooped. But, I think the hardest part for...

Water Equals Life

We traveled to the world’s second largest gold reserve which also contains about half of the Dominican Republic’s diverse wildlife. Loma Miranda is not being shown the attention that it needs. Most of the Dominican Republic’s water is sourced from the rivers and...

Learning a New Culture

Today we learned how to dance the Bachata and the Merengue. It was a lot of fun because we got to switch partners and it was fun getting to see how different people dance and get to interact with everyone. One thing we learned that we kind of already knew was that...

Living Like A Local

Hey everyone! I’m Desiree Garcia, one of the GG Leaders and today was my turn to be the Líder Del Día (leader of the day). Today’s  theme was “Living like a local.” The experience started the night before when the electricity was turned off so we could experience a...

A day for History

Today we had a day of action and our theme of the day was History. The day started with a wake up call and a delicious breakfast…we were full of energy and ready to start our day: we had bonding activities where we got to know the team better, our culture and...