Ecuador
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Hello everyone! My name is Taylor Pearson, and I am a rising senior double majoring in Entomology and Applied Biotechnology. I have recently returned from the incredible Study Away opportunity offered by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES): Tropical Entomology in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands! I want to use this space as…
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Hello! For the last part of my trip, we headed to the Galapagos. We went to our first island, San Cristobal, which turned out to be my favorite island because I loved the balance of having the cute, little town with shops and restaurants along with beautiful beaches, and Kicker Rock. On the island, we…
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Hello again! For the last week of Ecuador, we had many activities to do. At our first day at Maquipucana Reserve and Ecolodge (a beautiful place located in the cloud forest of Ecuador that offers an ecotourism experience like no other) we hiked the Swamp Trail where we began our Entomology research. Our main assignment…
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It is safe to say that Ecuador is quite different from the United States in so many ways such as food, language, and just the simple ways of living. When we first got there and out of the airport, it was actually much cooler than I thought it was going to be as the temperature…
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As soon as I was emailed that I was accepted into the Ecuador study abroad program, I began to feel all of the emotions that came with it. I was both nervous, excited, and ready to go all at the same time. My parents were pretty skeptical about me going, especially my mom, but I…
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Hi there! I am Taylor Hogan and I am a graduating senior that just got back from my UGA Study Abroad Program: Tropical Entomology in Ecuador and the Galapagos. I applied for this program last year, but it was sadly canceled due to Covid, so I was ecstatic to be able to go on it…
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The trip home was an adventure in and of itself. The plane that was supposed to take us back to Atlanta from Quito, the capital of Ecuador, had to leave Atlanta first. Unfortunately, there were terrible storms in Atlanta, which caused it to be delayed. Consequently, this caused our flight to be delayed leaving Quito.…
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This trip was going to be my first time out of the country, and I was extremely excited. However, there was this little part of me that was terrified. I had never flown in a plane for that long; I had never left my family for that long; I had never gone anywhere where I…
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My most favorite part of the entire trip was the visit to the Galapagos Islands. This was what I had been waiting for throughout the entire trip, honestly, because I had always dreamed of visiting, since I was a child. We flew into San Cristobal, where we stayed in a hotel with a beautiful view…
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Science is a remarkable field full of discovery, experiments, observations, and many other kinds of thrilling experiences, but science can be hard at times, especially for students. For students studying science, specifically those in college, it is easy to get caught in the mundane grind of hard science classes and lose sight of the joy…