Friday, November 11, 2011

On the Move Again

Well, today is our last day at MCC, and it will be quite full of celebrations and packing, with a little bit of school work on the side. We've had some pretty full days in the past week, but we're all excited to move on and enter the travel portion of the trip! We are flying out of Chennai early Sunday morning and will be going to Kerala, another southern state. We'll be there for a week, and then we'll be going to Goa, a state which used to be a Portuguese colony. Our final weeks will be spent in Delhi and Agra, with a stop to one of the northern states to stay at Corbett National Park before we leave India. It's making me so sad to think that we're over halfway through the trip! Ah well...nothing lasts forever, right?

Also, to whomever has been reading this blog- thanks so much! I know I haven't often been coherent in these blog posts, but thanks for bearing with me and I'll see you in four weeks!

Notable stories from the past few days:
  • I drove a rickshaw! On the streets of Chennai! Crazy times in India...that story can be elaborated on at a later date...
  • We visited the U.S. Consulate in Chennai and learned about being Foreign Service Officers, a career that sounds quite appealing...
  • We toured around Anna University, where one of our professors did his undergraduate. It was pretty great to meet our professor's former teachers!
  • The Ayurvedic Lunch: Meant to facilitate digestion and health, it is comprised of one course of juices, one course of uncooked foods, one course of semi-cooked foods, and the last course of fully cooked foods followed by a big scoop of honey in your hand. The meal was quite an experience, as we were eating things such as banana tree flowers and rice water, and many people found it hard to stomach. The honey was quite delicious, though!
  • We had our last day of yoga the other morning, complete with our instructor bringing a photographer to take some lovely "snaps" of us. Our last day was a beautiful morning and it was definitely a great supplement to our time at MCC!
Farewell for now, but feel free to contact me at any time through email or facebook!
Walking through the MCC campus

Welcome to the bucket bath!

Ayurvedic Meal

Typical layout of meals at MCC

At the Snake Park...

A Bible in Tamil

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