Recent posts from: Granada – 6/30/2016


Cap Day #2


Hello family and friends and others. My name is Dorothy Nguyen, I go to Andrew P. Hill HS in San Jose (CA, not Costa Rica) and am today’s lider del dia! Today was fantastic and very productive. We had less setbacks and better judgement than yesterday so we were...

Community Action Project – Day 1


Hello! I am Jonelle Pascual from Andrew Hill high school. Today was an unusual day from the start, but it got even more out of the ordinary when we began to fall a good couple of hours behind schedule. Luckily, everyone on this trip was flexible with working around...

Fun Day


Today was an amazing day! We woke up at 7:00 am and had manuelitas for breakfast which are a crepe type roll filled with a type of cheese and cinnamon. We then headed to the Lagoon de Apoyo to begin our day of fun. The day was filled with swimming in beautiful water,...

Working Like A Local


Today we went to the local market to work like locals. We each were put into groups of 2 or 3 and sent to work with locals in their booths. Some were sent to work on selling clothes, others on vegetables, pork, rice and beans, and fish. We worked with our locals for...

Global Business Day


Today was an early day for all of us here at the hostel. We woke up at 6 except for a select few who decided to work out at 5:30 in the backyard. We left for the mango co-op, comfortable in the cool air conditioning of the bus. Even though it took us 40 minutes to get...

Free Day


Today for Fun Day, we all woke up around 7am. As the leader I got up a bit earlier to make sure everyone else was up and ready for breakfast. After a little bit of a late start to breakfast, everyone got into groups and set off for a day in the city. My group...

Shadow Day


 Today was a success!! We all woke up early at 5am to the warming sound of roosters. Breakfast was simple but delicious at 6am. We were served ham and cheese sandwiches by Don Carlos, and were on our way to begin the day. We had the opportunity to experience being...