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Student Trip Blogs

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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Global Business

Hello this is William and Michell writing tonight. Today we learned about how small business work in Guano, also known as the Ecuadorian business…
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Final Reflection Day! (No. 5)

  Today was our last full day. We woke up at 7 am with the sound of Burt (a bee toy that plays the…
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Indigenous Worldview Day (No. 2)

Hello Glimpser family & friends, Today, we started off as usual with breakfast from our main food provider Isabel (& Nelson)! After breakfast, we…
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Cap Day 2! (No. 13)

Hello outside world. This is Hazel and Joan (and Katya in spirit) with your daily update. Today was an eventful day in El Barrio,…
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Return Flight Information: JA2A-BAY (No. 2)

Hello family and friends of the JA2A-BAY Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share…

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Last Day in Costa Rica

Time flies by and the very last day is here. Today we started the day with some pancakes and eggs for breakfast at 8:00am.…
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Introductions!

  Trips as a Global Glimpse Leader: 2015: Nicaragua 2018: Ecuador 2023: Costa Rica What drove you to become an educator? As a child…
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Day 7: Fun Day (No. 7)

As per our routine, since we started this educational journey, we were up at 7 am and had breakfast. Today’s breakfast consisted of pancakes,…
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Know Your History, Know Your Future

Hola familia! Saludos desde de Cartago! Our Glimpsers were fortunate to be greeted by the beautiful sounds of the birds and rays of sunshine…
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The Devil?!

Hey friends and family, hope all is well back in Chicago! After a light breakfast, the Glimpsers headed to the entrance to the Amazon…