{"id":4375,"date":"2014-05-09T14:57:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T18:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4375"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:55:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:55:33","slug":"our-first-day-on-the-water-costa-rica-is-muy-bonita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/our-first-day-on-the-water-costa-rica-is-muy-bonita\/","title":{"rendered":"Our first day on the water. 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