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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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CAP 2, Maintaining Our Dedication

Another hard day’s work here in Costa Rica! We started off the day by waking our Glimpsers at 6 AM. Some of us relaxed…
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Indigenous Worldviews (No. 2)

Hello to all the parents/guardians/friends that found our blog! Today promptly at 9:30 am, we welcomed leaders from the local school, Carlos Garbay, a…
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Day 8: Fun Day (No. 2)

Hello families! Today was our beach day! We started the day with a ham and cheese sandwich and orange juice. We then all gathered…
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CAP Project #1

Hello everyone! Today was the start of our community action project, in which we are installing a drinkable water pipeline in the province of…
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To Costa Rica We Go!

Hello Glimpsers! My name is Kijai Banks! I will be one of your GGLs on your trip to Costa Rica. I am the Technology…

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We hope to see you soon

Hello for the last time this summer, dear families and friends. Reporting directly from Quito, Ecuador, we want to let you know that all…
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About Me! (No. 7)

Hey y’all! My name is Laila, I’m 17 years old and I’m from Oakland California. I love cooking, playing sports, and playing music. I…
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CAP 1, The Start Of A Big Difference

¡Bienvenidos! From Kayla and Kevin to the families and friends viewing this blog, Today we started our day pretty early, waking up at 6:00…
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Cement and Paint (CAP)

Hola amigos and family! As you can tell, we are adapting to the language very well. This is Roman Young from Fremont and Noah…
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Day 7: Immigration Day (No. 3)

We started the day at 6:00 AM, we had ham and cheese sandwiches for breakfast at 7:00 AM, and we departed for San Pedro…