Recent posts from: San Juan De La Maguana – 07/01/2014


Our Visit to the Dominican Haitian Border


Today was another day that Global Glimpse gave us a chance to step out of our comfort zone. It was a heart warming and an eye opening experience to see how two countries that are connected but are worlds apart can come together, two days a week. They not only shared...

Reflection of Being a Leader…


Yesterday I was the leader of the day and it was not what I expected it to be. I honestly thought that being the leader of a free day would have been a pretty fun and easy thing to do but it ended up being quite the opposite. The group ended up enjoying freedom and...

Working in El Mercado


Today was the day where we worked like the locals. I had specifically picked being leader of the day for this day because I had read about it on the website and loved the idea of understanding how the natives worked and getting an overall better sense of how they...

Beach Day!


Today was a wonderful and productive day  for all Global Glimpsers. As you can probably tell from the title we went to the beach but before we went to the beach we learnes a little history of very special stones of the Republica de Domincana, larimar stones. I am...

Education Day


Today was education day– We started our day off with a delicious breakfast at Onaney. We made our way back to the hotel and had an engaging seminar about the education in the Dominican Republic. It was very interesting to listen to all the contributions made...

Culture Day in San Juan de la Maguana


Today was an eventful day. We woke up bright and early, packed into our bus and made our way to San Juan. When we arrived we immediately got the sense that this town beamed with pride…. and for good reason. From the delicious, authentic Dominican food we ate at Onaney...

New Yorker Glimpsers in Santo Domingo!


“The past actually happened. History is what someone took the time to write down.” – Brown, A. Whitney Hola Glimpser families and friends! Everyone made it to Santo Domingo safe and sound! On our first day, we had a wonderful tour around the Colonial...