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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 10: Final Reflection Day

Today was a very emotionally filled day. We started the day by waking up and having some delicious breakfast. We then began our mental…
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Day 9: Cultural Exchange & Cheese Farm

See all the pictures of today’s adventures here! Today, we all woke up at 7:45 to start our day with a yummy breakfast made…
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Day 8: Cap Day 3

See all the pictures of today’s adventures here! This morning we woke up bright and early for the last day of our CAP project.…
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Day 7: CAP Day 2

See all the pictures from today’s adventures here! We woke up to the song “Work” by Rhianna and did our mental warm-up. For our…
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Day 6: Fun Day & Environmental Justice

Today we started our day bright and early with a wake-up time of 7:15 am. We played a heated game of Evolution and Bullfrog,…

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Day 5: CAP Day 1

Our fifth day of the trip centered on the start of our delegation’s Community Action Project, one of Global Glimpse’s largest initiatives. Throughout the…
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Day 4: Downtown turrialba

Today was a day of exploration. We started today with a very competitive mental warmup, where we battled in a simon says race. Some…
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Day 3: Community Day

We woke up at 7:00 to get ready for the 7:15 wake-up call for the other Glimpsers. Before we left for the families’ houses,…
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dAY 2. WELCOME TURRIALBA & CULTURE ORIENTATION

After a long traveling day (and night) we finally got to meet our Glimpsers. Even though the flight got delayed several hours, and arrived…
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Introduction: Aimee Satkowski (GGL)

Pura vida!! My name is Aimee Satkowski. I am one of your GGL’s this summer on our Costa Rica trip! I am so excited…