Recent posts from: Turrialba 1 6-5-2024


Day 8-Environmental Justice


Dearest gentle reader, Hello from today’s LDDs, Satya and Maddy! Today (day 8) our focus was Environmental Justice. Today we had a little bit of a rough start to our morning as LDDs, as a group we were all pretty exhausted and low-energy. We were having a difficult...

Day 7- Fun Day


Greetings to all friends and families, Our names are Helen and Em and we were the LDDs (Lideres del Dia) of day 7 which was Fun Day! Our day actually started yesterday (6/10), when the previous LDDs passed us the torch after presenting our talents. Em did an amazing...

Day 6- Conservation & Free Day


Hola familia y amigos / Hello family and friends!  Our names are Emily & Arleth. We were the LDDs for Day 6, which was Conservation + Free Day. We started the morning with a gentle wake-up to all the glimpsers. We then ate a delicious breakfast consisting of gallo...

Day 5- Community Day


Hola amigos/ Hello friends, The four LDDs of today had a very special task of making sure everything went smoothly for community day. We woke up for breakfast, had everyone do a mental warm-up, and stretching before we headed out to meet the local families we were...

Day 4 – Global and Local business


Hola / Hello! Our names are Evander and Miles, we are the first global glimpsers to be Lider del día ( Leader of the day ) . Our roles meant that we were responsible for waking up our fellow glimpsers, making sure that everyone was present and essentially overseeing...

Day 3- History & Culture


Hola, My name is Nikki Moore, one of the GG leaders on the trip. I had the pleasure of being Lider Del Dia today. We had another great day here in Turrialba, Costa Rica. We woke up to a great breakfast prepared by Diego and Donya Vera. Then we headed out to Cartago to...

Day 2- Welcome to Turrialba


We officially started our 14-day journey!!! After a full breakfast at the hotel, we jumped straight to the bus for a 3-hour drive to our base house in Turrialba! We introduced our Glimpsers to Costa Rica and everyone had a chance to talk a little bit about themselves....