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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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Day 9 – Fun day in Juan Dolio for Juan Time

The leaders of the day were John and Jalen. In order for us to become leaders of the day, we had to show our…
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Arrival (No. 2)

After a long trip, the Students have landed safely. After the airport, we settled in a hotel here in Santiago before heading off to…
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¡Vamos a Turrialba!

Hi, Glimpsers and families, My name is Samantha Nguyen (she/ella), and I’ll be one of the Global Glimpse Leaders traveling with you to Turrialba,…
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Day 2- welcome to Costa Rica!!!

We started our official first full day in Costa Rica!!!!!!!!! All of our glimpses headed to breakfast and immediately we started doing some icebreakers…
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Can’t wait to see you all!

Hey Guys! I’m Justas. I’m 18, attend Hinsdale South High School, and live in Darien Illinois. I enjoy hanging out with friends, working out,…

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Day 9: Free Day

Hello everyone!!! It’s Destheny and Mayra, today’s group leaders. On this day we had our wake-up call at 7:30am and breakfast at 8:30am. For…
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TA2B HAS ARRIVED!

Greetings from Ciudad de Panamá everyone! This is Luz and Marco here, writing to say that the Las Tablas 2B delegation has arrived safely…
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The Diverse People of Panama

Family, friends, and random onlookers of our trip! I am Andrew Andaya-Phillips, here to give you an update on our Glimpsers today! We started…
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Community Action Project Day #3 (No. 2)

Pura Vida to all! We began our day with a mental warmup different from many of the previous ones in hopes of getting everyone…
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Our Gratitude

Hello from the DR!! We started the day off with a nice breakfast which was ham and cheese sandwiches which were extremely good! We…