vol. 7 Ice cream and Concrete
Student Trip Blog
For today the leader of the day was Jayden, Alicia, and Victory. We woke up today at 6:45am, followed by breakfast at 7:30am which included eggs, sausages, empanadas, fruit, and tamrind juice. Then we had our mental health warm up which explained the importance of turtle conservation and reforestation in Panama and its impacts. Then we took a 2 hour trip to Playa Venao to meet Alexandra and Eliss who work within the save the turtles organization in Panama. They explained to the global glimpse group the tasks that they will be doing in the future such as cleaning the office, cleaning the nursery for baby turtles, and creating a wall infront of the nursery to protect the nursery against the crashing waves.
We were then pleasently suprised by some monkeys hanging in the trees. They were eating lemoncillos (ginips) and then dropped them on the floor, some even hit our heads!
By the time we made it back to the hotel we had lunch at 1:00pm which included meatballs with rice and salad. Afterward we had to discuss the plan for our upcoming project SAVE THE TURTLES! First we had to select groups and decide a rotation with given breaks. The process was difficult but we persevered and came up with a plan that everyone agreed with.
After a hardworking conversation we took a trip to a bakery and purchased many sweets and treats that were shared among the group. The group agreed that the dessert was very sweet and tasty. Although the matcha was underwhelming, the milkshakes and passion fruit made up for it.
Before we went back to the hotel we got a few souveneirs from the dollar store. We ended off the day with dinner which included mashed potatoes, yellow rice, and beef steak. Afterward we had the nightly meeting, discussed our question of the day, and officially passed the torch to the next leaders, Wyeth, Paola, and Jose. We then made our big loves and ended with our usual unity clap.
From Jayden,
Hey Mom and Robert! I miss you guys a lot and especially the dog. I cant wait to go back home to see you guys and pet him too. I hope you guys are doing well and are surviving the heat wave. Im having lots of fun here and will share all of my experiences when I come back. Take care of yourselves!
From Victory,
Hey Mom! I had a great day today being leader of the day. I had a great time at the beach walking on the sand and eating the gunips that kept falling on the ground. I know you would love that! I also bought a matcha at the store but it was white and not as good as the ones in the city. I also bought you some magnets for the fridge so you do not have to remind me . I hope yall enjoy the weather in the city and enjoying love island on my behalf. I will catch up soon! Hey Melanie and Jayden if your reading. Thanks for perparing me so much for this trip!
From Alicia,
I had a pretty fun day and was really happy that I got to call mother, even though I was overreacting a little. I just missed my bed and snow also doing my nails. I do not really miss Jalen and Kaylee but I guess I do miss our jokes. The weather is pretty nice but super hot, worse than PR. I hope times fly so I can catch up on Love Island. Alissa and Skye if your reading this I miss you guys and our facetime calls. I will remember to call you when I get my phone. The picture above is me hacking into the main frame.
Comments (12)
Julia
Hi Jayden, We miss you too. Rocco waits by the door when he hears someone approaching to see if it’s you. I’m happy you’re having a great time and learning a lot, this is a wonderful experience, enjoy to the fullest.
We are so proud of you!
Robert Perez
Hey Jayden we saw the pictures and your message in the blog… We are really happy to see you having fun and enjoying this trip.
Your family are so proud of you,
Alexa, Rocco, Mom and Me wants to hear more about your experiences and all the things you’re doing in this trip. I miss you.
God Bless you,
We love you JayJay.!!
Chhaya Chhoum
I love to read and see all of what you are experiencing! Reminds me how such a privilege it is for us to spends days without constant social media. I hope you all enjoy the slowness, stillness and power of mother nature.
Alicia, we all miss you. Enjoy the experience so you can look forward to more
adventures and experience in life. Maybe you will learn new things about yourself,
the world and all things living. Stay curious and continue to journal your thoughts thoughts and feelings.
Johanna
Hi Harry – I cant wait to talk to you about the turtles. Remember Karl? How are you holding up with the heat? It is super hot here today, the hottest day so far. I think it gets to 104. How are the sweets, milkshakes and passion fruit? I cant wait to hear about your trip.
Kitty is doing well.
Thelma
To all the leaders Lenore, Jeremy, Yosselyn and David,
Thank you for your incredible dedication to these kids. By sharing your passion, you are teaching them the true value of leadership and community building. You are truly planting a seed in each of them to change and impact the the world and the future generations. We cannot thank you enough for all that you are doing.
Sincerely,
Thelma
Sammi Weissman
Jennifer!! I hope you have a great trip!
Good luck with everything!!
-Ms. Sammi
Emily Collado
I can’t wait to hear more about the turtles! You all are heroes in a half shell! Turtle power! I really hope they’re teenage ninjas, but I know it’s more likely that you’re working with sea turtles.
Abby and Evelyn
I currently have evelyn right next to me(to my right) we both misss you very mucho and genuinely looks like your having fun (I told you so-evelyn) the food sounds yummy and different from what I ate. Go save the turtles for us we love you alot and continue having fun :3. (Thank you for saving the sea turtles -evelyn)
Leslie Angel
Hello. It’s nice to see everyone having fun in Panama. May you all come back safely.
Stefany- we all miss you. Benny waits for you at the door everyday. Please remember to always have fun and make great memories. We love you Steffy <3
Jayden The Baddest
VICTORRYY. i miss you and your love island debriefs so much. girl as soon as you get back you need to catch up. omg. you missed a lot. I’m so happy your having so much fun in panama. i can’t wait to hear all of your stories when you get back. also someone on your trip has my name? kinda trippy. dylan says he loves and misses you. dylan also says “ma nameee” . keep being baddie. enjoy it while it lasts. save the turtles.
-jayden taveras
Jayden Taveras
VICTORYY!! OK, I think they deleted my last comment that I wrote but it’s OK I’ll rewrite it. I miss you so much, girl. I miss your love Island debriefs I can’t wait for you to get back and for you to catch up because oh my God you missed a lot. Dylan also says hi and the he loves and misses you. He also said “ma nameee” don’t know what that means. i hope you are enjoying your experience and that you are really taking it all in. save those the turtles ily 🫰🫰 also hi alica and elizer
Anna
Everything looks amazing! ❤️ Just one request… please bring me a little monkey! 😂🐒 Love you!