{"id":5822,"date":"2022-06-22T13:43:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T17:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/?p=5822"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:38:25","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T02:38:25","slug":"pre-departure-to-ecuador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/2022\/06\/pre-departure-to-ecuador\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre Departure to Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>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 was finally able to convince them both that I would be safe and with a great group of people and teachers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I had absolutely no idea how much or what to pack at first, but the teacher made it pretty easy by giving us a checklist. I definitely did overpack for the trip, but used most of what I packed for everyday use. I was also quite nervous about the flight to Ecuador, but it was actually pretty smooth and easy-going. It was very hard saying goodbye to my parents at first but after some time I got used to being far away from them. I met many of the other students in the airport early before our flight and made friends with them immediately. They helped me feel much better about my pre-jitters because I knew that they would be a great group of people to go with.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>My teachers were also very reassuring about the whole trip and made me feel like I was just traveling with my family. Mrs. Jennifer, the TA, reminded me exactly of my Mimi because of her great personality and just the way she brings herself. I will never regret going on this study abroad as I made so many lifetime friends and such great experiences that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to see anywhere else. If you&#8217;re reading this, I highly suggest studying abroad because it really does give you a different experience with cultures and meeting new people that go to UGA.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,35,23,38,7,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecuador","category-faculty-led","category-maymester","category-program-type","category-semester","category-tropical-entomology-in-ecuador-and-the-galapagos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}