You just GOTTA do it

As much as you want to think you have an idea of what it will be like to go abroad somewhere and learn, you will never understand it til you do it. It's a whole different world and makes you find out so much about yourself and the world we live in. It was my first time leaving the United States but Maximo & everyone involved does a great job at making you feel right at home. I found comfort in total strangers, ziplined above the cloud forest, got a volcanic ash facial in natural hot springs and saw spider monkeys and toucans and more. My spanish improved tremendously and I couldn't have done it had Maximo not given me great resources to submerge myself in! Costa Rica and "pura vida" changed my life, let it change yours. Whether its volunteering or studying, DO IT.