Today’s blog was written by our Líderes del Día: Cameron and Crystal
Adventure day is the 6th day on our trip in Constanza. We woke up at 7:30 and enjoyed a hearty breakfast of plantains with onions, fried eggs, and carrot and beet juice. Instead of taking the usual bus with a roof we took a new form of transportation…a safari truck! It was an adventurous experience and we all were up for the challenge.
After about an hour of bumpy roads, we reached the Nature Reserve, Ebano Verde Reserva. There, we played some games and learned about the plants and animals in the reserve. After a light snack we started the hike. On the hike, we saw giant ferns and dragonflies.
Playing an energizer game before our hike.
Getting an introduction on the natural preserve before our hike.
After the hike, we ate bagged sandwiches prepared by our hostel host, for lunch at the reserve. Then we headed to a waterfall where everyone got the chance to swim, play cards and relax around the river, and take cute photos on our polaroid cameras. Some of us even took a dive off into the cool, refreshing water. Anthony even took a front flip and impressed us all!
After drying off in the sun and changing out of our wet bathing suits, we packed back into the trucks and headed towards El Divino Nino. On the ride, we passed by our hotel, our Community Action Project (CAP) school, and the landfill we will be visiting tomorrow. Unfortunately, Cameron’s hat flew away due to the gusty wind. El Divino Nino is located at the top of a mountain. Its defining feature is the giant statue of a baby Jesus located at the tippy top of a pink altar. There, you can observe a beautiful view of Constanza, light candles, and buy souvenirs!
Carissa, Junie, Roxane and John, our Leadership team!
We then came back to Hotel Dilenia and worked on our CAP projects. We planned the budget in our divided groups in order to get the most done. The garden group worked on the various parts of the project. Charlotte worked very hard on the budget while the rest worked on creating a poster and blueprint of the overall project. The mural group worked on their own posters and sketches so that we can ultimately present it to the community the next day. For dinner we had mashed potatoes with carrots, as well as fried chicken and corn. To wrap up our day, we finished with a nightly meeting and passed our torch to the next leader. Overall the experience and day as a whole was challenging and fun for us and we learned about ourselves both as leaders and as Glimpsers. We look forward to continuing the learning and fun experiences ahead of us!
-Cameron and Crystal
Crystal and Cameron, our leaders of the day with John, one of our program coordinators!
So proud of all of you!
You are amazing beautiful hardworking and sweet.
Junie-Moon, your health coach.
Cameron, and Crystal,
Glad we checked to see your amazing write-up! What a fantastic time you all are having! Very cool photos and we are impressed by the teamwork of your group. Cool transportation and beautiful nature reserve. Oh no Cameron your hat is gone : ( Hope your camera is working or you were able to get a disposable one. Maybe you can get a DR sun hat ; ) Have fun, be safe and we love you!
Mom, Dad, Sop & Piper
Hey Mia! I hope you are having a fun time in the DR and that you are learning lots. I miss you and can’t wait to see you and here about your experiences when you get back. PS: Max, Michael Chen says he misses you!
Dear Nany,
I’ve really missed you all these days. Don’t forget that your familay loves you and that God loves you. I will never forget you and I love you from the bottom heart. And know that you are in my heart even though when you were home I fought with you everyday. I wrote you a song, so here it goes ” Let’s go to the moon and have fun exploring. With all your passion and glory. Look at the moon while we’re ridding the rocket, let’s make it rain pull that cash out that pocket”. Anyways can wait till you get home.
P.S. Song is a working progress by yours truly Camz and Sam. Also, the first 4 sentences Camila asked me to type it out for her obvi
Hi Neha
Hikinig must be great fun being your favorite excursion. Miss you . One more week to go. Take care !!!
Hi Cameron,
Great write up by you and Crystal. What a great fun day at the nature reserve. Love all the pictures. Your whole group seems to be working so well together. Too bad you lost your hat : ( Maybe you can find a new one?
Hi carmen, I’m sorry I wasn’t able to comment on yesterday’s post. I had to get my wisdom teeth taken out?. They didnt put me on the anesthesia so i wasnt able to record me saying random things. Anywho, I hope you’re having a great time on your trip! Did you have fun swimming and hiking? I hope you did. Stay safe carmen, and I can’t wait for you to come back home. Bella keeps on asking for you by the way.?
Stacy! It looks you are making some amazing life long memories, I miss you and hope you are having a great time learning and exploring!
Victoria,
Day 6 looks amazing. That swimming location looked beautiful. Love seeing your smiling face. Little update from over here: today Portugal played Spain and we tied them. Spain is a really good team so a tie is great for Portugal. Whoo hoo!!! Miss you. Love momma
Toria,
Hope your having fun out there. Well my summer so far has been playing Fortnite til like 3 in the morning and waking up at like 1in the afternoon but its pretty cool I’ve spent a lot of time with Lizzy tho which s cool but yea have fun, love you
Crystal
Glad to seeing you and your group have very happy and fun time together! Hope you getting stronger each day with the sunshine smile!!!??
NICE to see everyone having fun
Looks like it was an amazing day!
What a great way to use your relaxing day. Just continue to enjoy and appreciate what DR and Constanza offers you. It looks like everyone enjoyed the nature reserve and the river.