Here's my itinerary:
Dec 28th: leave GEG 6:40 am, arr SEA 7:40 am;
leave SEA 1:15 pm.
Dec 29th: arr Seoul, Korea 5:55 pm;
leave Seoul 9:30 pm.
Dec 30th: arr Bangkok, Thailand 1:15 am.
I will then spend almost two full days in Bangkok with eight of my classmates, celebrating the Western New Year in a country that doesn't follow our calendar. Then, I'll leave on
Jan 1st: leave Bangkok 10:55 am, arr Chennai/Madras, India 12:45 pm.
At Chennai, I'll be picked up by Shankar, an Aurovillian who helped us learn the local language, Tamil, when he came to visit Karen, our professor, for about a month this fall quarter. Incidentally, this summer when he was planning to come over, he had a lot of difficulty with his visa approval, though he'd been here almost half a dozen times before. With my position in Senator Murray's office, I helped him procure a 10-year visa, so that he'll be able to help classes in the future.
From that point on, I'm really not sure what my day-to-day schedule will look like. For more information about Auroville, the community I'll be living in and learning about for the next 10 weeks, go to http://www.auroville.org.
I am indescribably excited for this trip, however, it'll be extremely difficult to leave all this behind.
Wish me luck!
5 comments:
dude, sbze, i'm so excited for you, but i'll miss you everyday!
She didn't even take a coat! Or real shoes--she took five year old Teva sandals that are wearing thin and have already been repaired once. And, I really had to talk to get her to take a paperthin, pocket size rain poncho (Sarah did you throw that out as soon as you got through security at the airport?)
Maybe she's really going to India to become a wandering mendicant who carries nothing and lives only on food people will give to her....
Be safe, Sarah!
Sarah called from Bangkok. She sounded happy amd not even too tired. There are nine girls traveling together. They will be celebrating the New Year in Bangkok, fifteen hours ahead of us. That should be interesting, because Thailand is not even on the Western calendar.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year, LFB. Glad you made it to Thailand safely...hope you have some great food and a great rest of your journey.
Hi LFB Great to hear your adventures / experiences again. Will really look forward to hearing about organic farming/cooking (like vegan fusion book?).
Next time stinging bite, try Apis.
LYMTYD
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