{"id":4725,"date":"2014-05-09T16:07:46","date_gmt":"2014-05-09T20:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2024-01-29T12:55:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T17:55:40","slug":"nets-and-turtles-and-snorkels-oh-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/international\/nets-and-turtles-and-snorkels-oh-my\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets and Turtles and Snorkels, Oh My!  by Cora Jones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10176146_268898463293388_4117584857106116523_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4939 alignright\" alt=\"10176146_268898463293388_4117584857106116523_n\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/study-abroad\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/10176146_268898463293388_4117584857106116523_n-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>was our first full day here in Costa Rica and we got to take the boat out for our first day of catching sea turtles. 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