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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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COSTA RICA DAY 4 Downtown

Leaders Nora and Tyra led the group in today’s trip to downown Turrialba. To begin our day, we had a delicious breakfast. We had…
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CAP preparation day

Buenos tardes from Chitre, Panama! Today’s leaders were Jacob and Tahlia. Today was the start of our community action project preparation. To start the…
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“Let the Adventure Begin”

Hey everyone!We’re Dani and Pedro—your Program Coordinators here in the beautiful town of Jarabacoa! Land of the Eternal Spring! I’m Dani, originally from Argentina,…
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Day 4: SustainABLE DeveLOPMENt

Hey guys, this is Josyah and Sean; the student-leaders of the trip for today. Today was a day of discovery and learning. The day…
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Day 8 – Fun Day – Rincon del Faro

Welcome from your Day 8 Líderes del Día—Alle, Soxo, and Nathalie, Today’s energy was high and the vibes were even higher! We started strong…

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 El dia de immigracion con la playa

Today the group started off with quite a long ride to our new hotel, while bonding with one another for the entire ride. The…
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Intro Blog!!

Hey there everyone, I’m Hannah Solomon and I go to school at Millennium High School in Tracy, California. Some things that I love to…
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bioDiversity/Community Day

Buenas from Panama! Today’s leaders of the day were Sophie and Cassidy! After a hearty breakfast at our hotel and a suprise visit from…
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Global Glimpse Day 3

Today was day 3 of our journey in Turrialba and it was also the first day of having a leader of the day. We…
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Day 7 – Biocultural Diversity

At the Centro de Visitantes, we received a presentation by Robert, accompanied by Isabel from the organization Tortugas Pedasí. Tortugas Pedasi is a community-based…