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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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Day 4 – Deconstructing Poverty

Hello Everyone, Jordan and Amelia here. We are the first LDD’s (leaders of the day) of the trip. We started our day by visiting…
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Hello from your Program Coordinators

Hello everyone!!! My name is Mabel and this is my first summer with Global Glimpse. I’m super excited for this journey, so many adventures,…
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Cultural Fun Day

Hey everyone, Day 3 has been a blast. We got some much-needed rest before starting our day. We had the pleasure of visiting Bohios…
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CAP Day 1 (6-25-22)

Today, me and my peers went to a finished wasteland site, where we learned that we were building a similar site. Something that surprised…
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Day 3 Cartago Town! (No. 3)

Today we started the day with a wonderful breakfast of french toast, eggs, ham, and fresh fruit. We left on the bus immediately after…

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Work Like a Local/ Global Business (06-24-22)

Hello! This is Christina (Tina) and Edith, the líderes del día for global business/work like a local day. Yesterday, Friday the 24th we went…
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Day 2: Welcome to Turrialba (No. 3)

Today we had our orientation seminar in the morning. It lasted a couple of hours but we managed to make it fun and engaging…
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Arrival/City Tour Day

Hello everyone, This is John and Pamela again, your PC Program Coordinator/LDD (Lider del Dia) of the day. Today was a big day because…
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¡Llegaron!

After a VERY long day, we’re all finally here at our home base in Aquiares, Turrialba! ? The group landed at around 11:30 am…
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Immigration Day (06-21-22)

After a three hour drive we arrived at our new home for the night. We, then, made our way to ASCALA, an organization run…