Posted in C2C Constanza 7-27-2019 by Viridiana Barreto, Glimpser
The theme for today was Adventure Fun Day and the question of the day was what are the positive and negative impacts of tourism on local communities? Some of the negative effects on tourism are that tourists can often look down upon people who actually live in the...
Posted in CH1D Chitre 8-4-2019 by Amira Chambers, Program Coordinator
After a long day of travel, CH1D has arrived in Chitré! However, before traveling to Chitré, the Glimpsers got a chance to explore Casco Viejo (the old town of Panama City). From the colorful buildings to the main plaza and its cathedral, many of them were reminded of...
Posted in CH2C Chitre 7-23-2019 by Quincy, Glimpser
This morning on our 2nd free day in I woke up before my alarm went off, but still managed to get quite good sleep because our wake up call was from 7:30-8:30. Waking everyone up was quite simple, everyone was up on my first round. To begin our free day, the group went...
Posted in TA2C Las Tablas 7-30-2019 by Tai, Glimpser
Hey friends and family! Environment day was an extremely informative day. We woke up early and made our way to Playa el Uverito, where our beach clean up would take place. Being a Monday, we encountered a fair amount of garbage from weekend festivities, but overall...
Posted in RB1D Riobamba 8-3-2019 by Jason Li, Glimpser
Today, we had a scavenger hunt. This gave us the opportunity to speak with locals in order to learn the history of Riobamba. We were divided into groups of five or six. Each group had a worksheet listing various questions, and we had two hours to get as many correct...
Posted in RB3C Riobamba 7-25-2019 by Diana Martin and Valeria Coria, Glimpsers
Hey ya’ll, It’s Diana and Valeria reporting live from Riobamba, Ecuador. Today our sleep was put to an end at seven am, quite too early if you ask us. Regardless, we headed to Roma Santa where we found some delicious and exotic fruit (star fruit), mashed...
Posted in GU2C Guaranda 7-27-2019 by Olivia Lee and Meghana Mazumdar, Glimpsers
Hello families!!! Today was Global Business Day and we took a field trip to Salinas and explored the cheese factory, chocolate factory, and salt mines there. We learnt how small businesses can contribute to the prosperity of communities. It also encouraged many...
