I wrote this as my paper for my sophomore-year J-term course in the Republic of Georgia ( Read more... )

Whenever I have time, I want to rewrite my graduation speech. There are so many things I would change. I just don't quite know what I would write.

New pictures added under Kolkata 2 gallery of my day at the races.

Day 4 really has no story to tell. Joel, Mandy and I all had breakfast together. Strangely enough, we had dosas, which I don't think are a breakfast food. I think I've explained before what dosas are, so I won't say again, but I had as usual a butter masala dosa, and it was good, as usual. Then I went back to my room and read "The Life of Pi" and ( Read more... )

Actually, day two ended with a whimper. I don't even think I had dinner because we ate at about 3 pm. I was at this time reading the excellent novel "The Life of Pi," having finished "The Kite Runner." So I was going along at a good clip for that, and doing some homework as well. The next day we went to Bhubaneshwar. I didn't know anything about it ( Read more... )

On day 2 we went to Konark. That's a mispost on my last posting, we arranged to go with the rickshawala to Konark, not to Bhubaneshwar. I didn't know anything about Konark. It was a bit over an hour in the rickshaw to get there. We stopped once on the way so that Joel could play on a beach. The rickshawala liked to run and grab crabs before they ( Read more... )

We arrived and stepped out to be hounded by rickshawalas. They were asking 50 Rupees (which are called Taka, though the Taka is the Bangladeshi currency name and technically here means "money"), which to us was far too much, so we ended up walking. To make a long story short, we turned down the Gandhara Hotel as being exorbitantly overpriced for ( Read more... )

Okay, I guess I sort of do have time to post about Puri. Well, to start with Ben got sick on that Wednesday, and so he couldn't go, so it was only me, Joel, and Mandy. Mandy, if I haven't mentioned before, has been with Joel for the past 6 years, though they're not married. Joel is probably 5'7, Mandy is probably close to 6'. It's a bit funny size- ( Read more... )

I do apologize, but I don't think that the story of Puri will ever be posted. I never have time anymore. This weekend I spent doing homework, so I didn't get to to it, and I don't foresee much time in the future either. Oh well, I'm starting to forget all the little details anyway. Nor do I really have time to write right now, though I had a ( Read more... )

If I ever have time, I'll write about Puri, but until then, pictures added in the new "Puri" gallery.