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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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Free Day! 🙂 (No. 19)

 On June 10th, Sydney and Venezia were Leaders of the Day, ready to serve lunch to the Glimpsers.   Our group was ready to…
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LIVING LIKE A LOCAL (No. 2)

“It’s not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize accept, and celebrate those differences” – Audre Lorde Today, was our…
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Welcome to Costa Rica♥ (No. 9)

HELLO, GLIMPSERS! WE ARE SO HAPPY!  THE TIME TO MEET YOU ALL HAS ARRIVED! This is Adrián González and Leydianis González from Orosi 1A …
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Arrival Day! (No. 2)

Hello families! We had a very exciting (but LONG) arrival process to the DR. We got to the airport very late and were promptly…
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Working Like A Local, Having Fun Like Kids

We had breakfast this morning and started the day with a mental warmup about “Working like a Local”. We then took the safari truck…

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Bienvenidos a Costa Rica ♥ (No. 2)

HELLO, GLIMPSERS! WE ARE SO HAPPY!  THE TIME TO MEET YOU ALL HAS Arrived!  This is Adrián González and Leydianis González from Orosi 1A …
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¡Welcome Crew Aracari!

¡Welcome Crew Aracari! ¡Pura Vida! My name is Milagro, but you can call me Mila. I was born and raised in Cartago, Costa Rica.…
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Community Day! (No. 16)

WHATS GOODDD GLIMPSER PARENTSSS! Unfortunately due to a power outage last night, we were not able to post the nightly blog on time. We…
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hello! (No. 55)

Hi all! My name is Daisy Fountaine. I am 17 and going into my senior year of high school at Oakland Tech. I love…
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Coffee and Cheese Factory Tour

Welcome back family and friends! We’re finishing up day 4 of our trip and time is flying by! Today we went on a hike…