Category: India 2016-17
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Women of Agora – A Senior Project
Hi all, Hannah, Blair, and I are seniors at Christchurch School. For our integrated senior project, we are working to give back to people who have become like family – the rural Himalayan community of Agora. We want to bring light to the lives of the women in the village. The three of us will…
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20 Days of Tastes…
By MacLean Thomas During 20 days, myself along with my classmates traveled through 5 major places in India. Through these travels, we got a taste of what India really is – away from the distractions of what it is not. From the near freezing swims in the Ganges along Rishikesh to the scorching heat in…
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Trip of a Lifetime
By Kyle Willis At first, India was the next challenge in my fishing career – the Giant Trevally, a predatory monster, was finally within reach. We started the first day of fishing early. Got in a car and drove to Port Blair to meet our guides and get our gear sorted. We got to the…
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A Year
By Suman Singh I am sitting here, looking out the window of my bedroom. It is snowing a little. The view looks particularly stunning – there is a lot more water in the waterfall now as the snow is melting. The white streaks look like they are smiling at me. Above all, I am thinking…
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Pictures from the Andaman Islands…
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Pictures from the banks of the Ganges and New Delhi…
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Pictures from Agora and surroundings…
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Back in Abu Dhabi
With tearful goodbyes—well, see you soons—we left Suman and Praveen at the Delhi airport. From there, it felt a bit like a frantic dirge to get to our flight. But, we made it. We are here, in Abu Dhabi, safe and sound and a couple hours from boarding our flight to D.C. It’s hard to…
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The End of the Road
By Sam Christie As steam rose from the reaction of hand-flattened bread to a clay oven in an early morning breakfast, my first dose of India grabbed me by the mind and heart. As I began my list of firsts, I justified every ounce of excitement for what was to come by the shear reward…
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Thank You
By Hannah Duke A million thank you’s could never be enough for everyone on this trip—but I’ll try. Here goes: I’ll start with a thank you to Mr. Alter for all the time he devoted to organizing this trip for us. A thank you to Ms. Showalter for leading me by example during host family…
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8 March 2017
By Libby Nashwinter In the midst of our daily routines at home, we far too often fall into the trap of being too comfortable. We are too comfortable with the amount of knowledge we have, which allows us to pass by opportunities to learn more about ourselves, the world, and, most importantly, our place in…
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Change
By Alice Johnson What is change? When we think of change we automatically resort to our visual sense when, in reality, change can be demonstrated in many different ways. On the flight to the Andaman Islands from Delhi, I slept the whole time, so thinking about change was nothing my mind was pondering. Stepping off…
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Agora
By Evan Pausic I traveled to Agora with a story in heart and mind set out on an oath of discovery of places. Last week, I sat with an old man, fathers, grandfathers, farmers, brothers, young women, wives, students, young kids, mothers, and even a baby. Suman was my lingual and, more importantly, my emotional…
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Beauty in the Madness—A Reflection of Delhi
By Andrew Antwi You see the grey brown crowded and unpaved roads I see a puzzle You are disgusted by the trash all around I see a splash of rainbow You sneeze passing by the spices I taste hand-picked herbs ground by a mother’s touch, sprinkled on a farmer’s choice You see thousands of tangled…
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Live What You Love
By Margaret Wilson As I entered the fence of A.N.E.T., researchers immediately welcomed me and the rest of Christchurch students and faculty on the trip. With excitement and passion for their jobs, we were entered into a journey that would teach us about the environment on the islands and how it affects the people who…