Recent posts from: Leon – 06/07/2013


Final Day


Hey all, today is our last day in Nicaragua and everyone has strongly mixed feelings. While were all ecstatic to go home, see our families and friends, and resume our lives in America, we’re also extremely disappointed to leave Nicaragua. The beautiful city of...

Day 20: Reflection Day


After a great night, we woke up bright and early to start or Reflection day at Rancho Los Alpes. Then it began to sink in that the end of our journey was near. We did a final reflection seminar, evaluating all that we have discovered and experienced. We gave everyone...

Day 19: Beach Day!


Today was Beach/Mangrove day. We started off by going to a mangrove forest called Isla Juan Venado where we went to the visitors center and listened to a speech from one of the Mangrove guides. He talked about how we were on a protected land and how there are three...

Day 18 – Politics Day!


Hey guys! My name is Kristianna Chung and today is day 18 of our Leon trip! Today was Politics day and we started off the day by waking up at 7 just in time for breakfast. We followed breakfast with a self reflection on our CAP project and an Academic Seminar on...

Day 17- Free day


Free Day! Today we got to choose how we wanted to spend our time. After two exhausting days working on our CAP project today was greatly appreciated. We woke up at 7:30 for breakfast where we ate fruit loops and beans for breakfast. It felt nice to have a bit of an...

Day 16: Hope, Believe, and Dream


Today was June 22, 2013, our second day on the CAProject in Chacraseca. It was quite difficult waking up at 4:30 in the morning today, however we all got up on time and were very enthusiastic to finish our project. First of all, there was an major issue with the paint...

Day 15 CAP Delivery


Hey guys, my name is Dung and today is day 15, the first day of the phase three of the CAP, where we deliver the project. CAP, Community Action Project, is a project to impact the community in a positive way. We chose Chacraseca as the location for our project....