Recent posts from: Esteli2 – 7/29/2015


Politics Day Shenanigans


Hello everyone! I’m proud to officially be the first Glimpser on the trip to write on the blog. I apologize ahead of time, it is late and we’ve had a long day so I’m experiencing a shortage of creative thoughts. Please bear with me and enjoy 🙂 We...

Culture, too, is in the Mountains


  Don Alberto is his name – another of the prominent of EstelĂ­. A man far beyond his time; he lives in the forest beyond the city in a village called Jalacate.  Alberto, as his art indicates, is warm, simple and a genuine man.  For someone who doesn’t...

A Day with the History of EstelĂ­


El professor, Don Braulio, greeted us as we entered the History Museum of Estelí. At the time, we did not yet know that Señor Braulio was actually featured in the museum.  In fact, he has been honored as one of the most important individuals in the history of Estelí....

We Made It!… and We’re Beat


SFO – Pre-flight It is 9 P.M. in Esteli, Nicaragua, nearly a full day since we all assembled at the 10th gate of the SFO international departure terminal. We almost left one (she made it!), and we almost lost ourselves (they changed our departure gate in San...

Hi!


Hi everyone! My name’s Ellalaine but you can call me Ella for short. I am from the Bay Area and I attend Encinal High School as an incoming senior. I cannot describe how excited I am to go on this trip. Originally, I was suppose to go earlier in the month to...

Intro


Hey everyone, my name is Natalia and I’m an incoming senior at Dougherty Valley High School. Some of my main interests include playing soccer and participating in theatre at my school. I love learning new languages- I’m a native speaker of three languages...

Hi everyone!


Hey guys my name is Ishwa, some of you already met me at the meet and greet the other day. I’m 17 years old and will be a senior this year at Irvington High School. I swim, play water polo, and surf, lol needless to say I love the water which explains why...