BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- The Moravian College men's basketball team will be spending its holiday break with an international trip to Costa Rica from December 26th through 31st.

Moravian Head Coach Jim Walker has made international travel an integral part of the program in his 33 years as head coach, taking advantage of the NCAA rule allowing teams to travel overseas once every three years. The Moravian men haven taken summer trips to foreign destinations such as Italy, Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and most recently London in 2009; however, this is the first time coach Walker has taken the international trip during the regular season.

The Greyhounds, who are currently 6-2 overall and 2-0 in Landmark Conference action, will hit the court within five hours of arriving in Costa Rica as they take on the Costa Rican National Team as the squad prepares for the Central American National Championships in January. Moravian will then play Coopenae USJ Arba San Ramon, the 2012 Costa Rican National Champions on December 27th.

In addition to the two games, the Greyhounds will participate in two youth clinics on the 27th and 29th. The squad will also be touring San Jose, Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge, Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve and Arenal Sky Tram.  The Greyhounds will also make a trip to Volcan Irazu, an active volcano near San Jose.

Coach Walker and several of the Greyhounds' student-athletes will be contributing daily to a travel blog at http://mccostarica.blogspot.com/ on each day's events as well as photos.

After Moravian returns to campus early on New Year's Day, the Greyhounds will have roughly 36 hours before jumping back into their 2012-13 regular season as they host Kean University in the first round of the 35th Annual Greyhound Classic in Johnston Hall at 5:30 p.m. on January 2nd.