{"id":142,"date":"2015-02-23T08:34:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T16:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/?p=142"},"modified":"2015-02-23T08:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T16:34:12","slug":"21-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/2015\/02\/23\/21-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although the days are very long here in Nicaragua, the last 3 weeks have come and gone quite fast. While I\u2019ve traveled a good amount in the last couple years, this experience was like none of the others. Below is a list of 21 things I\u2019ve learned during my time here.<\/p>\n

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  1. I am no longer a member of the arachnophobia club<\/li>\n
  2. Hammocks are a great idea until you fall asleep in them at night and mosquitoes attack you<\/li>\n
  3. Never ever say no to leftovers<\/li>\n
  4. Bring a light source into the bathroom at night, as the generator may and probably will turn off during a shower<\/li>\n
  5. Embrace the humidity and mud of the rainforest and the trails<\/li>\n
  6. A compass and knee high boots were the best investment I\u2019ve ever made<\/li>\n
  7. Anti-malaria pills will induce strange, eerie nightmares<\/li>\n
  8. Positivity will go a long way and is contagious<\/li>\n
  9. Spiders back at home are quite small and harmless<\/li>\n
  10. Having no phone around is freedom<\/li>\n
  11. Bring an extra mp3 player, as you never know when yours will break the second you get on the plane<\/li>\n
  12. Bring lots and lots of trail mix and a big jar of peanut butter next time you travel<\/li>\n
  13. A giant toad is probably hiding in the scary crevice you\u2019re searching, and you will definitely think it\u2019s a leaf<\/li>\n
  14. The under story is thick with vegetation beyond imagination<\/li>\n
  15. Canoe rides down the Rio Bartola at night are always a good idea<\/li>\n
  16. Time management is key to a field research project<\/li>\n
  17. Seeing a sloth in the wild is a dream come true<\/li>\n
  18. I know very little about how natural behaviors actually function<\/li>\n
  19. Identifying birds is fun<\/li>\n
  20. I can successfully wake up from my watch beeping while wearing ear plugs<\/li>\n
  21. If you see a bullet ant nest, start running<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The rainforest is an incredible place, and any words I have will not do it justice, but these lessons learned I will bring back home. I\u2019m very grateful for such a life changing experience in such a location full of life and serenity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Although the days are very long here in Nicaragua, the last 3 weeks have come and gone quite fast. While I\u2019ve traveled a good amount in the last couple years, this experience was like none of the others. Below is a list of 21 things I\u2019ve learned during my time here. I am no longer … Continue reading 21 Lessons<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,6,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ben","category-from-the-field","category-week-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.lifesci.ucla.edu\/eeb-fbq-15w\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}