Today was the last day of my homestay. I really did not want to leave my host family. It was a fun day though. We got up, got to help make breakfast, ate a lot, then headed out to do some more shopping. I thought the shopping of the first day was crazy, this place Prabha took us to was insane. It was like 7 floors of just everything. It had a full floor of just shoes, and I included a picture of that. We just shopped for hours. It was so much fun. Then we came ba...

March 27 This day of the homestay was not spent with the family, all 29 of the students on the homestay went on a trip to Mamallapuram (I am sure I just butchered that spelling) to see temples and the rock carvings, etc. it was a very long and hot day, but very fun. We ate at this incredible restaurant. I included a picture of the food, and me eating it. I just gotta say this whole eating with your hands thing is so fun! I think that is a custom we should adopt b...

Ok, so today was the first day of my homestay, and I honestly do not even know where to begin. I was so excited to stay with a family, (after all, I stayed in host homes practically every night while I was on Captive Free) I really didn't know what to expect, I just was excited to be in an actual home and be able to spend time with local people. Our host families met us and took us straight to their houses. My partner from the ship was a girl named Tyler, and we ...

Today we arrived in India! It has been an amazing day. I wanted to get up early to watch us pull into port, but my alarm didn't go off, so I woke up to an announcement about how to go through customs this morning. We had to meet face to face with people from immigration and take our passports. If we leave Chennai, we have to take them with us. We also have to carry a landing card, and a customs declaration form at all times and show them whenever we leave and com...