One hundred and four days. Four countries. 8,627 miles away from home. One very excited college student.
Over the course of the semester, I will travel to India, Sri Lanka, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Before I turn twenty I will have been to four continents and fourteen countries. Only now am I beginning to grasp what amazing opportunities I have had in my life to travel. I am forever grateful for my parents who allowed me to go abroad without them at the age of thirteen and have indulged my incessant travel bug ever since.
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Why India? If you know me, you know I love lists:
- I have always wanted to go to India. I blame the glorified version of India I read about in Eat, Pray, Love.
- As a potential political science major, I can travel to no better place to travel than India, a country emerging as a global political and economic power. This year, and only this year, the Davidson in India trip will be political science focused, so I need to act on this opportunity now.
- Always one to think of the future, after I graduate from college I plan to travel extensively around the world and need to be comfortable both as a minority and living in both first and third world countries.
On this blog I will try to post regularly about my adventures around the world, both this semester in India and beyond. As of right now I have plans to study abroad again in France next fall. After next fall, who knows? I'd love to find myself in New Zealand, Chile, Greece, or Turkey. Stay tuned!
P.S. But before any of this can happen, I need to finish packing. Baby steps....
