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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.

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Introduction: Tahlia Pacas-Carballo°❀.ೃ࿔* (glimpser)

𐙚 Hello, everyone! My name is Tahlia and I’m a student beginning my final year at Freedom High School. I’m just beyond excited to…
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Day 2: JA1A-CHi takes over jarabacoa

Hello, families and friends! We kicked off the day at 9:00 AM full of energy after a well-deserved night of rest and a delicious…
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Day 5- biocultural diversity

Hello friends and family! As today’s líder del día (LDD), Gaby and Adelynn, we had the opportunity to lead our lovely group of Glimpsers…
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Day 2: welcome to turrialba!

After our first night sleeping in our base house we woke up with the sound of birds and crickets to get ready for a…
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family

Hello, This is Juana and Michael. Today we were the leaders of the day and had a fantastic time! We started off the day…

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Day 9 – fun day!

Today, we got to sleep in with a later wake up call. We headed to Rincon del Faro for our fun day, a hotel…
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CAP DAY 1 🙂

Hello family and friends, We are Valeria, Benjamin and Sara. Today was day 5 and our very first CAP day! We started off by…
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Welcome to DR Ja1A-CHi

Hey!! Chicago is in Da house!!We’re happy to share that all our students from Chicago have arrived safely in the Dominican Republic! ✈️🌴 All…
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Day 1- Arrival!

Our Global Glimpsers finally arrived to Costa Rica!!!! We were really excited to have our first delegation arrive and, after a 6 hour flight…
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!Hello! – !HOLA! – !KLK! – !PURA VIDA!

🌍 Hi! I hope you’re all doing well. My name is Emilia Castro, I’m from Costa Rica, and I’m so excited to be joining…