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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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Day 9: Cultural Exchange & Cheese Farm

Hello Families and Friends, Today marks our last full day in Turrialba, as we’ll be spending the final night in San Jose. Following the…
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day 2 – Panama Canal + Travel to Las Tablas

Greetings GG Families! This is Andy and Celeste, your GG Leaders. Tomorrow you will hear from our first student Liders Del Dia (LDDs) but…
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Cap day 3

Today was our groups final day of CAP. We woke up motivated to complete our community project, as our Second Day of CAP was…
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CAP DAY 2!!!!

Hola! It’s your favorite LDDs, Mia and Durga! Today was our second CAP (community action project) day. Today we woke everybody up at 7:00…
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FL(indsaY)YING COCKROACHEZ(oe) and BEAUTIFUL MUR(eenA)ALS

At the butt crack of dawn, we were woken up by a flying cockroach and an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 (we didnt…

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INTRODUCTION BLOG!!

Helloo to the JA1B delegation!! My name is Sophia Riray and I attend Pittsburg High School in Pittsburg, California. I enjoy listening to music…
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Panama Time

Cutesy, intelligent, with an obsession with hair bows, that’s how my friends would describe me. Hi everyone! My name is Briana Martinez, but my…
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Jarabacoa or bust!

Hi everyone. My name is Damien Johnson and I am one of the trip leaders going to the Dominican Republic with you on July…
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Intro: Kim (GGL) Hello chitre

↑↑ Me at Badlands National Park Hey Glimpsers and Families! I’m Kim, your other Global Glimpse Leader this summer and I’m beyond excited to…
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OMG! It’s almost Go time!

I’m so excited to be going on this adventure with you. There is so much to do before we depart. So, take some time…