We left our apartment at about 12pm on Saturday afternoon to get to LAX. Between the flight to Dubai, our layover, and the flight to India, we had been traveling for well over 24 hours. We arranged with our tour company to have a driver come and pick us up. He was waiting with a sign with Jaime's name on it after we got through customs. This was nice as it was about 4 in the morning, and we didn't want to risk taking a taxi since we are not familiar with the area...

Well, today is Saturday, although since we have school it does not feel like it. I can't believe it is almost already April! This trip has gone by so fast! The day after tomorrow I will be in Malaysia! Well, I have a few reasons for posting this blog. One is to share that Me, Ally, and Hayley were in an Indian newspaper! (that is me in the shades in the back). It was all written in Tamil, so I have no clue what it says about us, but I took a picture of it and tho...

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 ...