Entries from June 2009

June 26, 2009

On Specs and Spectacles

The past week has been relatively uneventful. I’m trying as best as I can to take care of everything I need before I move from India back to the U.S., and I’m slowly but surely checking things off of my list.
My close friend Kristin Wall also came to visit me. She’s en route from her [...]

June 23, 2009

Two Weeks

My days in Mumbai are dwindling. Two weeks from today (at almost exactly this time), I will be landing at JFK. What a strange thought.
With my time here waning, and a college friend visiting, I’ve been doing a little last-minute touring. I revisited the Jehangir Art Gallery, the Gateway of India, and Colaba Causeway. I [...]

June 21, 2009

Nepal!

Wow. What a week away!
My vacation with Sarah to Nepal was exactly what I was hoping for. I needed a break from the usual hectic travel I’ve been doing around India, and I found it on this vacation.
We landed in Kathmandu around 1:45 p.m. on June 7.
We glided through a health check for swine flu [...]

June 6, 2009

Come and Gone

My second day camp has come and gone. This week was an incredibly busy one, what with 10 youth and 30 children in and out of the office every day.
Sunday was full of children for Gan Katan and youth for a leadership series session, led by a popular local lecturer. By the end of his [...]