Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2014


Heading Back Home! Flight Details


Hello GG Families and Friends , The time to go home is finally here. It is a bitter sweet feeling as we prepare to go home and say good bye to all of the wonderful people we have met here. We have all grown in different ways while being in DR and we will take this...

Community Action Project, Day 2


Exhaustion laid heavily on everyone shoulders today after a wakeup call of 6:30 am and an entertaining night at the Disco. Even with a nap on every ones minds, there was something even more important to everyone today, which was to get this project completed by...

Community Action Project, Day 1


Today was the day we started the community action project, and surprisingly, it went smoother than we thought it would. It started with leading the others to the park grounds where we separated into two groups:  those who would stay and clean the park, and those who...

Final Reflection


Today was our final reflection day. We woke up at 7 am this morning and had a pancake breakfast at the comedor. After breakfast we had a three hour-long final reflection session where we created Global Glimpse trip maps that highlighted our most memorable moments of...

Last Goodbyes


Hello, My name is Kizzie Cepeda and I was the leader of the day today. Today the group woke up at 6:00 A.M to get ready for breakfast at 7:00. Since today was our last day at Bonao we had to pack all of our belongings to get on the bus and head out to Santo Domingo....

Matagalpa 2 Day 18 – Free Day


Hello everyone, Today was a free day and we were to get to know each other a lot better so that we could bondmore.  So we went out with different groups and just had a blast today. We shared stories and our experiences that we had while in Matagalpa. Those exchanges...

The Final Glimpse of DR at Playa De Mar


Today was another amazing addition to the days spent here in the Dominican Republic. Starting off early, we headed to the beach after a nutritious breakfast. Though the ride was long and bumpy, we finally reach Barahona. Our first pit stop in the city was where they...