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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 1 – Arrival to Costa Rica (No. 2)

Today our global glimpsers finally arrived in Costa Rica!!!! With a lot of energy, we welcomed them to the country and headed for a…
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Day 8: Conservation and Environmental Justice

Hello, this is Victoria and Alana; and this is our day!! Fun fact, we are birthday twins and we were able to be leaders…
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COSTA RICA TRIP! HI!

Hi everyone!  My name is Janet, and I am excited about the upcoming Costa Rica trip with Global Glimpse this summer! I’m a rising…
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Community Action Project (CAP)

Hola, everyone, Today, we were able to sleep in a bit as we woke up at 7am instead of 6:30, which is our usual…
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Theo’s Costa Rica Trip 2024

Hi Guys! My name is Theo. I am 17 years old, I go to Hinsdale Central High School, and I live in Westmont, Illinois.…

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Hello from Ms. Lum and Ms. Pomares!

  Hello Glimpsers and Families,  We are Ms. Leslie Lum and Ms. Julieta Pomares, and we will be traveling with you to San Pedro…
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Hi (No. 11)

Hi, I’m Juliana. I’m from the Bay Area and love to travel, so I’m looking forward to going to another country this summer and…
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FUN DAY (No. 5)

Quote of the Day: “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan Question of the Day:…
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Day 7: Community

For this day´s blog post, we had no access to the laptop because it was our movie night! Below, you will see the daily…
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Day 7 – Free Day

Today was Free Day and was led by us (Jasmine Barajas and Ashley Barahona). We started off the day by sleeping in later than…