I know it’s been a while since I last posted about my India trip, but I have a couple more posts to write. If you want a refresher, check out the last post.In the morning, we left our beautiful resort just outside of town. We went to Brihadeeswarar Temple (also known as Rajarajeswara Temple, which…
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I haven’t written much on this blog lately, and to be honest I probably won’t be updating very much in the next few weeks. As I said in my last monthly recap, it’s been a crazy time for me. February was no exception. But this time it was crazy in an almost exclusively good way….
These have been a crazy two months for me. I have been traveling, writing essays, taking exams, and celebrating the holidays. Here’s what I’ve been up to.Places I went Nanjing, ChinaTamil Nadu, India Bangkok, Koh Lan, and Koh Tao, Thailand Chengdu, China Best on the Blog2016 in Review – I collected all my favorite pictures from…
We left Pondicherry bright and early in the morning and headed to Chidambaram to see a temple dedicated to Nataraja. This was the most crowded place we went on the trip. It was overwhelming for some of us, but I really liked it. It was the most I felt like I could understand the meaning…
We got in from Chennai in the evening, so the morning was our first proper look at Pondicherry. The view from our hotel room We got up pretty early and headed to Auroville. Auroville is a spiritual community just outside of Pondicherry. They follow the teachings of the Mother, and have built a fairly large,…
I got back from India almost two weeks ago, and I’m just now getting around to writing up the blog posts. I got back and was so ill for about 5 days. I don’t know whether it was the anti-malaria medicine, the black mold that was growing in my flat while I was gone, or…
This year was my first Christmas without my family and it was a really interesting Christmas. China is probably the least Christmas-y place to spend Christmas. Practically no one knows what Christmas actually is and very few people knew when it was. Nevertheless, we tried to make our own Christmas spirit. We bought a Christmas…
November has been a really good month! Keep reading to see what I got up to this month. Places I Went Shengzhou, China Shanghai, China Xi’an, China Best on the Blog A Taste of Shengzhou – this is the blog post I wrote about my trip to Shengzhou with a TV crew. I had a really…
I recently spent 4 days in Xi’an, which is the capital city in Shaanxi Province, China. I had an absolutely amazing time, so I thought I would share my top 5 activities in Xi’an. 1. Terracotta Warriors This one is pretty obvious. This is the reason most people outside of China have heard of Xi’an….
This week I went to Xi’an and had an absolutely amazing experience. One of my favorite places we went was the Muslim Quarter and this is why I loved it so much. The Muslim Quarter is a neighborhood in Xi’an where the Muslim influence is quite evident. There are several mosques, lots of people walking…