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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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Tayta Chimborazo

Intro: We ate a simple breakfast and immediately went on a 2-hour bus trip to Chimborazo. We stopped at the visitor center to discuss…
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Return Flight Information: JA1C-BAY (No. 2)

Hello family and friends of the JA1C-BAY Global Glimpse delegation, We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share the…
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Waterfall Day (No. 2)

Hello everybody!! As Leaders of the Day, we woke up around 6 am to stay up and make sure the other Glimpsers were up…
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artes y culturas

Hey GG Families! Today our theme was Arts and Culture. We visited Cartago, which was once the capital of Costa Rica! We took a…
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Final Reflection Day (No. 2)

Que lo que compai! Today we woke up at our usual time of 7 am. We had breakfast shortly after at 8 am. We…

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Growing With The Community (# nature core)

Hey everyone. For today’s amazing expedition, we traveled to Club Ecológico Los Shyris, and on our arrival, we met fellow high-school students from ECUADOR!…
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Free Day!!! – Day 9

Today is the day we all had been waiting for… OUR FREE DAY! Today, we got the luxury of sleeping in until 9 am,…
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Free Day! (No. 11)

¡Hola! Adeleny and Lilly here. Today, we led our one and only free day! After getting a good night’s rest, we were able to…
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Hey (No. 9)

My name is Sheny and I have lived in Boston my whole life. I am going into my senior year. I have traveled since…
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Hey (No. 10)

Hi, My name is James and I’m 16. I’m from Brooklyn, New York, and a rising senior at Coney Island Prep High School, Some…