I certainly let this journal slide as it all has wound down ( Read more... )

I forgot to add in a bit on the last update on our Kerala trip. It seems so long ago now, though it ended less than four weeks ago ( Read more... )

Holi is a holiday celebrated in Northern India to welcome spring. It is basically the coolest and most fun holiday EVER. On the night of Holi we decided to pretend we were in North India for a few hours, and headed to the roof of our director’s apartment to see what the holiday was all about. Under the full moonlit sky we threw tons and tons and ( Read more... )

Thought you may all enjoy taking a look at a short essay I wrote on my Nicaragua experience ... SIT just informed me that they published it on their website ( Read more... )

More than halfway through the semester here in Madurai and I can’t figure out where the time is going. Since coming back from Long Tour we have completed classes and have had some awesome adventures, the highlight one being an at-dawn cycle ride out of town to Yannaimalai, a huge rock mountain that sticks out far above the flat surrounding ( Read more... )

Oh boy! This journal is definitely not going to get the attention it deserves this semester. Where to start... where to start? I have no idea. Ha ( Read more... )

I'm in India ( Read more... )

After a jam-packed few weeks break in the States... I am off to India! I will be living in the state of Tamil Nadu, in Madurai, a "large village" of about 1 million people. The program is set-up similarly to my program in Nicaragua ... with classes, homestay, excursions, and independent study. I'm pretty psyched and am incredibly ready to head ( Read more... )

... and goodbye nicaragua, the country i have grown to love dearly ( Read more... )

There is no way to wrap up the experiences of the past month. So much has happened, so much has been done, so much has been learned, so much life. So, Im not going to try and wrap it all up in a journal entry - just a bit of background - and then one day I hope to get the opportunity to share with you all the rest that I can in person ( Read more... )