Day 27 - Our Final Farewell
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Unfortunately, the day has come. This morning we flew out of Santa Cruz and came back to mainland Ecuador. Tomorrow we have a full day of travel and we will arrive back in the States around midnight. So, sadly, we thought this would be a good time to sign off. This adventure has been the trip of a lifetime and has allowed us to experience so many new opportunities that we never thought were possible. All of us have thoroughly enjoyed sharing our adventures and knowledge we have gained on this trip with all of you. Thank you to all the family members and friends who made this trip possible, we cannot express our gratitude enough! Additionally, we wanted to thank Dr. Muehlenbein for being an amazing professor and for organizing this whole experience. This was actually the first time this specific study abroad trip was conducted. So--in a way--we were the test subjects to see how smoothly the trip would run. Thanks to Dr. M's careful planning, the trip went wonderfully and we could no