A presentation I put together of my experience studying abroad in Costa Rica that I presented to students at Mount Union College

1. Why study abroad?

2. Experience the culture

4. Try different foods

6. Live with a family

7. Make a new family Mami Papi

10. Travel a bit differently…

12. See incredible things

16. Try the country’s delicacies

17. Have the adventure of a lifetime

23. One hammock One night = $4 Falling asleep under the stars and lap of the Atlantic Ocean = priceless

25. Go places few have ever gone

30. See those things you read about in history books…

32. Come face to face with the local critters and creatures

33. And eat them…

35. See a different way of life

37. Develop relationships with the local people and learn from them

38. “ Deje el mundo cambiarle y usted puede cambiar el mundo” -Che Guevara

39. and you can change the world.” “ Let the world change you