Greetings from Kenya! I’m just outside of Nairobi visiting my friend Bari from A&M. She’s been here nearly a year working with an organization called Made in the Streets. It’s pretty cool, so let me tell you a little bit about it. Basically they work with teenagers from the streets or slums… The goal is… Read More Kenya
Let me recount to you the days of Mumbai (also known as Bombay). We arrived one morning. I was EXHAUSTED from having spent a full (but pleasant) day in London and 2 sleepless nights on planes. The problem is that I get cranky and mean and sickish and can’t think straight and turn into a… Read More Mumbai
Well, India is over but there’s so much to tell… Our last few days in Delhi were… Eventful. We seriously have something ridiculous from every day. I’m really tired of being white. Even in the big cities, we’re basically celebrities here. Everyone wants a picture with us. Some will just “discreetly” but not actually discreetly,… Read More Hide and Sikh
Ohhhhh India. Where do I even begin? In no particular Order… We’ve been here 2 weeks. Been to 6 major-ish cities. Driven through the Himalayas on a road only opened 2 or 3 months of the year. Crossed over the world’s 2nd highest mountain pass at 17,580 feet. Held on for dear life as we… Read More Ohhhh India
Yay for having a reason to use this blog again soon! 🙂 I’m going to India again soon! AND for another wedding! Crazy right? AND this time my boyfriend, Tim, is coming with me! We’re super excited… We’ll visit Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi… all before we head up into the foothills of the Himalayas in… Read More 5.5 Weeks and the Traveling Starts Again!!!
I’ve been dying to tell this story for 2 years. I just haven’t gotten around to writing it. I’ve told it a few times, but it just sounds far-fetched. But I promise, I really haven’t even embellished. No embellishment necessary… So, here it is. Good old Russia. 11:55pm End of May. 2009. ГРАЖДАНСКИЙ ПРОСПЕКТ. grazhdansky… Read More Tales of Russia: The Night I Thought I Wouldn’t Make it Home…
So, I’ve finally gotten around to writing about that Indian wedding I went to about a month and a half ago 🙂 Be excited cuz it’s exciting stuff… Let me start by saying, there’s still a WHOLE lot I don’t understand. And also, let me apologize for any facts or traditions that my american understanding… Read More Indian Wedding… Finally 🙂
(I’m in the process of writing out a ton of stories I have from traveling… and when I say ‘a ton’, I mean, I still have stories from when I studied in Russia and traveled around a bit… So anywayyyy… this is mostly a task for myself, but I figured you would enjoy some of… Read More Monkey-Jump Like a French-Man
There’s not much to tell about Dubai… I went there for a day… My flight from New Zealand went from Auckland to Australia to Doha, Qatar to Dubai… I arrived in Dubai around 10am, and my next flight wasn’t until around midnight… so I had all day to wander around… Oh, ya, and by the… Read More Dubai
Well, I guess it’s time I wrote a little about New Zealand. Our adventure started off when I met my friends Yessy and Frisca (from Indonesia but living in Singapore) at the Auckland Airport. It was so exciting to get off my plane and see them there waiting for me 🙂 Yay. (That’s me and… Read More New Zealand in Mostly Pictures
Lauren Around the Globe 