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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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Introductions!

  Trips as a Global Glimpse Leader: 2015: Nicaragua 2018: Ecuador 2023: Costa Rica What drove you to become an educator? As a child…
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Day 7: Fun Day (No. 7)

As per our routine, since we started this educational journey, we were up at 7 am and had breakfast. Today’s breakfast consisted of pancakes,…
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Know Your History, Know Your Future

Hola familia! Saludos desde de Cartago! Our Glimpsers were fortunate to be greeted by the beautiful sounds of the birds and rays of sunshine…
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The Devil?!

Hey friends and family, hope all is well back in Chicago! After a light breakfast, the Glimpsers headed to the entrance to the Amazon…
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Education Day!!! (No. 3)

Hello Family and Friends, Our day was filled with excitement and team bonding. We started off our day with a trip to Kuri Kinti,…

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CAP Día 3

¿Que tal familias? We are finally done with our CAP project!!! As usual, we woke up at 7 A.M. and had pancakes and fried…
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Community Action Plan Day One

Hey y’all, welcome back to our blog channel! lol Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! Today was not the easiest of…
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Return Flight Information: T1A-BAY (No. 2)

Hello family and friends of the T1A-BAY Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share…
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Bienvenidos a Alas Azules

Greetings amigos! Today was an amazing day, filled with beautiful emotions, landscapes and delicious food. In the morning we had the opportunity to have…
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KAYAKAMA AYLLUMANTA

Hello for the last time this summer, dear families and friends. Reporting directly from Quito, Ecuador, we want to let you know that all…