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Recent posts from: San Juan de La Maguana – 7/28/2016

Glimpsers of The Caribbean

Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Jonathan Verdin (ayoungdreamer)
Greetings fam! To start off, we had a very fun, energetic day at the beach. This was the best day to be El Lider Del Dia (the leader of the day). I had to wake everyone up at 6:00am and go straight to the bus because the drive to the beach was 2 hours long. I...

Touching Haiti but not really

Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Gabby and Elena
Hello everybody back home it’s Gaby and Elena! We hope everything is well. Today was immigration day, one of the most serious yet great learning experiences. First we took a bus to Elias Peña where our Taíno tour guides greeted us to have a tour at El Museo de...

Working like a local

Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Nomar Iasis, Eddy Wu
Today was a very interesting and exciting day. After a very early morning and scenic drive out into the mountains, we made it out to the Monte Frio coffee farm. We were given a lesson on how coffee is grown, from germination to the final harvest stage. We were put...

Living Like a Local

Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Minnie Nguyen & Karen Reyes
Aye yo what’s up our fans its us Minnie and Karen reporting for duty. The pair leaders of the day for living like a local! The day started with a 6:30 am wakeup call for our 7:30 breakfast, which was hot chocolate and bread. After breakfast we headed to the...

First Free Day

Posted in San Juan de La Maguana - 7/28/2016 by Lamadio Butler
Today was the first free day of the trip, which meant that we had to learn how to navigate an almost entirely structure-free day. This meant making plans with GGLs and/or ambassadors either in advance or the morning of. Before we went out to go anywhere, we had...