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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…
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The trip to Costa Rica was wonderful! I learned so much about coffee and my luggage and clothes still smell like coffee beans. Costa Rica was stunningly beautiful and I am so fortunate to have had this opportunity to study abroad there. Talking with the local farmers there gave me a new perspective of how…
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I cannot believe how many beans I’ve consumed since coming here. We literally have beans for breakfast, for lunch, and for dinner! That is a lot of beans! Thankfully, I have not grown tired of them yet! The food is all seasoned so well that I can not complain one bit! That is one thing…