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Beef: it’s what’s for dinner. And by that I mean every dinner. Coming from a place that is the top broiler producing state in the country, it was a big surprise seeing the amount of beef that the people of Uruguay consume each day. We learned our first day here that the cattle to human…
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My name is Chloe’ Boullon and I am senior at UGA majoring in Animal Science. I’m originally from Braselton, GA and have a passion for international travels. I applied for the Uruguay trip in the fall semester and was accepted to the program in December. What caught my eye about this study abroad were two…
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I normally head down to my hometown of Cairo, Georgia for the first weekend of spring break and work a few days on my family’s farm in order to make a little extra cash before I head down to Mexico Beach, Florida the following monday with a group of friends. I get the same old…
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Oh my, oh my, oh my! In about 48 hours, I will be sitting in Miami International Airport waiting for my connecting flight from Atlanta, Georgia to Montevideo, Uruguay. The plane ride to Uruguay will be about 10 hours and I think I want to use that time to sleep, so I plan on staying…
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As one of the worlds best procrastinators, getting ready to leave on Friday only means one thing: I don’t need to start packing until Thursday night around 11:45pm. While there are many emotions that go into leaving for trips, as a seasoned traveler I know that once I make it to the airport, or better…
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Hey Guys, I recently went on the Coffee: From Bean to Cup study abroad in Costa Rica. On the trip, we visited several coffee farmers and learned about coffee production. This blog post is going to be about my favorite farmer of the entire trip, Oldemar. In most cases, coffee farmers sell the coffee cherries…
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Hi Everyone! I recently got back from the Coffee: From Bean to Cup study abroad in Costa Rica! I went a few days early, so I got to explore the beautiful Costa Rica for 9 days…I loved every minute of it! The main focus of the trip is to learn about coffee production; literally from…
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Since the Wifi was flaky during the trip, I’ll cover both ‘during-trip’ and ‘post-trip’ in one blog. During-trip Before the trip, I was both nervous and excited about checking out the Rainforest. My perception or thoughts about the rainforest included: poisonous bugs, poisonous snakes, poisonous plants and super dark. How could this be safe for…
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While staying on the UGA campus in Costa Rica, we stayed in dorm-like rooms with roommates. The rooms were very nice, however, you needed a flashlight to travel around campus at night because they had limited outside lighting and it got very dark in the mountains where we were. Campus was beautiful and the main…