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Hello everyone, this is Amanda from U.N.A. I will be the student blogger for the Geography department\u2019s Africa trip. I hope all the friends and family members of the group will follow us as we explore the world of Tanzania and try to find Leo. (Remember to leave comments or questions and hashtag #UNAAfrica<\/strong>!!) The group will be a long way from home and we would like to see that someone is keeping up with us.<\/p>\n

Where do I start? I guess the best place is to say, \u201cAfrica, here I come!\u201d Not sure whether to ask if I\u2019m ready for Africa or is Africa ready for this small town girl. I still cannot believe I\u2019m getting this opportunity. My anticipations are high. I\u2019m really looking forward to the people I will meet.\u00a0 I am excited, and to be honest, a bit nervous. \u00a0I\u2019m still not sure what to expect, because I have never left the U.S., nor, have I ever flown before. Needless to say, this could get interesting. \u00a0As far as I know, most of the people in the group have never been to Africa so; there will be a lot of \u2018first\u2019 on this trip.<\/p>\n

Trying to get packed\u2026 I have a feeling packing will be the worst part of the trip, well on second thought; the shots might take the cake. Trying to figure out what I can and cannot pack is a royal pain. \u00a0We leave UNA tomorrow at 02:00 to go to the airport in Huntsville. Hopefully, things at the airport will go smooth. From Huntsville, we will fly to Dallas, then from Dallas, to Dubai to stay for a day. I find it interesting that many people I have talked to here in Florence have been to Dubai before. Sadly, this Geography major does not know much about the city, but I guess the best way to learn is by going there and trying it out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello everyone, this is Amanda from U.N.A. I will be the student blogger for the Geography department\u2019s Africa trip. I hope all the friends and family members of the group will follow us as we explore the world of Tanzania and try to find Leo. (Remember to leave comments or questions and hashtag #UNAAfrica!!) The group will be a long way from home and we would like to see that someone is keeping up with us. Where do I start? I guess the best place is to say, \u201cAfrica, here I come!\u201d Not sure whether to ask if I\u2019m ready … \/\/ Read more<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buildingthepride.com\/studyabroad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}