Recent posts from: Trip Blogs 2016


It’s My Country Too!


Today being the eye opening experience that it was, really changed how I perceived who I  am and it made me feel proud of my nationality. I chose to be leader of the day on immigration day from the start because, I too am the son of an immigrant and I would also...

FREE DAY!


After the incredibly trying day the group enjoyed a well deserved free day today. With this free day came great responsibility. This was our first free day in which groups of 4 could go into town without being accompanied by a Global Glimpse Leader or one of our youth...

Fun Day…Volcanoboarding!!


Hello everyone! Emma here. Today I had the honor of leading the whole delegation through our extreme fun day which was hiking up the Cerro Negro volcano and sand boarding back down. We started out the day with an early morning wake up call at 6am.  After the process...

Day 15: Fun Day


Hello loved ones, We hope all is well back home. We started off our day with an early morning wake up call. Don Carlos arrived at the hostel laden with cheese and cinnamon crêpes and hibiscus juice. After such an amazing meal we had some free time to sleep and rest...

Community Action Project: Complete!


In only two and half days of work time, we as a collective group really made something to look back on where we exclaim, “Wow, we really did it”. The initial thoughts of the project were all not so enthusiastic because it just seemed like so much to do in...

Day 17: Final Reflection


For final reflection day we had our typical wake up call at 7am, and headed over to La Familiar for breakfast which consisted of eggs, bread, gallo pinto, and starfruit juice to wash it down. Afterwards we began our hike up to La Pena De La Cruz, accompanied by a few...