MY Year in India...Thank You Rotary!!
In and around Asia
The Rotary Foundation is based in Evanston, Illinois but my sponsoring club is the Morning Club of Evansville, Indiana in District 6580. Rotary brings together professionals from all walks of life does good work all over the world. They offer programs and opportunities for all ages and I was lucky enough to find out about their Ambassadorial Scholar Program. This is the program that is sponsoring my year abroad as a student and ambassadorial speaker in New Delhi, India. Please check out their website and see what they do and what opportunities are available for you.: www.rotary.org
Route taken and entries written by Lora_D
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Going-Away Party
I figured if I was going to be gone for a year, the best way to see everyone before I left was a huge party. So, my whole family chipped in and we pul... Continue reading »
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First Day in Delhi
So, I arrived last night in Delhi at 8:00pm(7/21/06). Needless to say after sleeping for 10+ hours on the plane I wasn't able to sleep a wink last nig... Continue reading »
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Jawaharlal Nehru University
I moved from my hotel in downtown Delhi onto campus yesterday afternoon. I'm staying at the Aravali International Guesthouse, right down the road from... Continue reading »
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Registration is....different
Tuesday- July 25, 2006Oh yeah, today was much easier. I don’t know why people complain so much about the difficulty of registration here. Today I simp... Continue reading »
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Settling-in in New Delhi
Day 8 and things are finally clicking into place a bit. Besides registering with the FRO, some kind of foreigners bureau of the government, I'm done w... Continue reading »
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A busy night, a quiet day...
Last night was an adventure in the Main Bazaar area of North Delhi. Owen's friends from Kathmandu, Mary and Andy, were passing through Delhi at the en... Continue reading »
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Culinary learning, the hard way.
Things here feel more under control now. I’ve finished the admissions process except for registering with the Foreign Registration Office that keeps t... Continue reading »
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Heading for the hills....
I'll start this entry with the good news...I'm going on my first trip out of Delhi. Myself and two Polish girls and going to Dharamsala for the weeken... Continue reading »
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Lamas....Dali Lama that is.
Honorata, Anya, and I left the university around 3:30pm Thursday to begin our first adventure out of Delhi with an overnight bus to Dharamsala. T... Continue reading »
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Incredible Delhi
My last entry was about my trip to Dharamsala. As much as Dharamsala was tranquil, clean, soothing, and quiet....Delhi is crazy, di... Continue reading »
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Long weekend...
We happily left Amritsar bright and early on the 9:00am train to Patankot. A nice Sikh gentleman at the platform found us particularly interesti... Continue reading »
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Golden Temple in the Red Hot Sun
This is just another of those stories that is "only in India." Sandra, Petra, and I met at the gate of the University last night and here is our timel... Continue reading »
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Delhi Life
Well, August is pulling to an end and I can finally say that I have established some kind of routine here in the East. My classes start everyday aroun... Continue reading »
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Rishikesh- "Yoga Capital of the World"
I am continuing my tour of the "hill-stations" with a weekend in Rishikesh. While the British were in India many small mountain villages like Ris... Continue reading »
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La Viva Delhi- Part II
So, life goes on in Delhi. New projects are starting all of the time, and daily discoveries are still around every corner. I hope that things at... Continue reading »
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La Viva Delhi
So folks, not much new here. Life in Delhi goes on, with new discoveries each day it seems. Lately I finally went to the the India Habitat Center... Continue reading »
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You had me at Namaste
From the moment I stepped off the plane from Delhi, I felt a cool breeze and saw long grasses swaying, I knew I would like it here. I feared that Kath... Continue reading »
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Temple Day
It was temple day. Kathmandu has three major temples that it is famous for...Swambunath (the monkey temple), Pashupatinath (the largest Hindu temple),... Continue reading »
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Pokhara...weekend on the Lake
The Hindu holiday of Doshain is a BIG deal in Nepal. It seems that everything closes, including the factory Owen is working at. So, we decided when in... Continue reading »
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Keeping busy in the capital....
As my Korean friend G learned to say lately, "Long time, no see." (Definitely sharing American culture:) I know it's been awhile since I put up a post... Continue reading »
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News in Delhi....
Ah, yes....Fall is here. Today’s high is only 87F and it’s almost November. Ok, so it’s not like home, but it is actually cooling down a bit. No chang... Continue reading »
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Dev Devali- Benares
Yes, Devali continues. It seems there is always a good reason to celebrate in India. Devali actually ended two weeks ago, however, in a festival uniqu... Continue reading »
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November in the East...
Ah....November in Delhi.....gorgeous, cool, days and cold, crisp, nights. We still have divine sunshine everyday, which I love about winter here. Ther... Continue reading »
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December in New Harmony
December in New Harmony. I was born in Evansville, Indiana but have spent most of my life in New Harmony, Indiana. New Harmony and all of the people a... Continue reading »
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January
I arrived back in Delhi on January 5th I think. With the time difference and almost 24hrs of travel, it does get a bit confusing. It is cool here, but... Continue reading »
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Temples, Tigers, and Tree houses
Sometimes, all the stars align, and really amazing days come together to form the illusive "relaxing weekend trip." In India, "relaxing" and travel se... Continue reading »
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Wedding Season and the Pink City
I have so much to tell! January has been a busy month. School is up and running at full speed now. We have a visiting professor at JNU from the Univer... Continue reading »
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Calcutta the "City of Joy"
Calcutta (or Kolkata) is an 18hr plane ride from Delhi. So, when some friends and I found cheap plane tickets for a long weekend, we decided to go bas... Continue reading »
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Ahmedabad- Gandi and Madhavi's home
When we went to the wedding in Rajasthan with Madhavi (Katha's neighbor) her family said that we'd have to come see them in their home, Ahmedabad, Guj... Continue reading »
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More in Rajasthan- Udaipur and Bundi
So, after leaving the temple, we did the hour or so drive to Udaipur (in Rajasthan) arriving around 2pm. We did some sight-seeing around town with Mad... Continue reading »
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goa
Before the final month of my year in India and exams and papers started to fill everyone’s free moments I decided to relentlessly bug my friends until... Continue reading »
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