2017 Summer Costa Rican Experience with Cody Lester Video Transcript

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[music] Hello my name is Cody Lester and this is a picture of me on the beautiful beaches

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of where Puerto Viejo
in Costa Rica. During my time in Costa

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Rica I had the opportunity to learn the
Spanish language and Costa Rican culture

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in a way that is simply not possible in
the classroom. Through immersive learning,

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I truly learned to live like a Tico or a
native Costa Rican. And I learned how to

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be creative in expressing myself with
the Spanish language. Along with learning

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about the language and the culture.
I also saw beautiful sights and

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experienced amazing scenery in the vast
and diverse landscapes that Costa Rica

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has to offer. I had the opportunity to
see firsthand how coffee and bananas are

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grown in harvesting. I spent a week
sleeping in a hammock and the

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beautifully culturally diverse beaches
of Puerto Viejo.

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I went ziplining at the natural hot
springs on the side of an active volcano

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and I even got to experience a World Cup
qualifying match. [music]

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I got to experience all of these
wonderful things with strangers who I

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would eventually develop strong
friendships with. I grew very close with

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my teacher and the directors of this
trip. I also began close friends with

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several of the other students who
accompanied me on this fantastic journey.

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To this day I still message Pamela the
girl with whom I lived in Costa Rica and

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we talk about all sorts of things. And
often compare my life here in the

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states with hers in Curridabat, San
Jose, Costa Rica. [music]

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I would like to thank our director
Edith Jaco and our co directors Bonnie

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Lauder and Mitch burrows and everyone
from the Karla school for their help and

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guidance on my wonderful trip I would
also like to give a special thanks to

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Pamela and Eataly Rojas who were kind
enough to let me live in their halls for

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my stay Costa Rica

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if given the opportunity there are so
many wonderful things to experience by

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taking the study abroad trip that it
would be a shame to waste such a

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fruitful and adventurous opportunity
thank you so much for watching my video

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and I hope you are considering taking
this adventure yourself

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you