Costa Rica
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With only 4 days left until my trip, I build with excitement for my trip. This will be my first time out of the country, besides a cruise setting, so I am very excited to see a community from a different lens. The trip gives me the opportunity to see the raw processes on the…
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From someone who has never flown out of the country before, I am so excited to arrive in Costa Rica as soon as possible. Even though I will miss spending Thanksgiving with my family this year, I can’t wait to learn all about coffee production, buy Costa Rican coffee to bring back to my warm…
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Hi, my name is Rance Paxton. I’m a graduate student in the college of agriculture. I heard about this study abroad course from a classmate that took it last year. I’m most interested in learning about the coffee supply chain. As of now, I’m only a consumer of coffee and know little else about the…
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Costa Rica is completely different than I could have imagined. The country is filled with hills indistinguishable from mountains. San Jose is vast and expansive with few high rises sprinkled around and a traffic congestion that might rival Atlanta’s. The people are approachable, hardworking, and genuine. In Costa Rica, there is this can-do attitude that…
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It is so great to be home! No matter where I’ve been or how much fun I’ve had, I always find myself unable to exhale fully until the flight tracker enters American air. I have returned to America still buzzing with residual caffeine from the amount of incredible coffee consumed on the trip. This caffeine…
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Georgians often joke that our weather is having an identity crisis. Its not uncommon to go from a sunny 80 degrees on Monday to torrential downpour on Wednesday and a brisk 45 degree chill on Friday morning. While I am no stranger to changes in weather, I am a unfamiliar with packing for all those…
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In just a few short weeks, I’ll be boarding my first flight to Central America and I barely speak 3 phrases in Spanish. I’ve got my travel sized life all packed away in 3oz containers that fit haphazardly into a clear zip lock. As I spend my last few weeks in Athens prior to departure, I’m sitting…
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I’m two months in to my six month internship in sustainable agriculture here at UGA en Costa Rica. Things are starting to come along, so I figured I’d make a second blog post. I studied Horticulture and grew up in the suburbs, so pigs and cows are a new experience! In addition to all of…