Category: travel
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The Remnants of War
This country was broken, but with the hard work of its people, it is on the mend. In our ten days in the country, we spent only four days in the northern province of Sri Lanka where the government and the Tamil Tigers fought hardest during their thirty years of civil war. Driving in…
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Reflections upon Leaving Chennai
The gap between the upper and lower classes in India grows by the minute. India’s burgeoning “middle class” accounts for the top earners in the country as half of its population still lives on less than two dollars per day. The increasing economic disparity between the top and the bottom classes means an increasing disparity…
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Bindis and Skin Cream
I recognize that there are many paths to truth, every religion is valid in its attempts to explain the world. I do not hold the monopoly on truth, nor should I pretend to. My way of life, my opinions, my interpretation of the world are only one person’s opinions out of 7+ billion. Religion is…
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The First Few Days: An Impression
India has fulfilled my every expectation that it would smell, look, taste and be different from everything I have experienced up until this point. These first couple of days have been exciting and exhausting all at the same time. I thought I would share a few of my observations and adjustments.
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I think I am ready for another adventure.
One hundred and four days. Four countries. 8,627 miles away from home. One very excited college student.
