In the past six weeks so much has happened that the idea of blogging has been so daunting, but I guess I have to attempt to catch up or I may have a lot of angry friends when I return home.
The change from rural Guwahati to urban Jaipur was massive. I instantly fell in love with hustle and bustle of Indian, city life. I loved just walking the streets to listen to the thousands of different sounds which filled my ears, and to inhale the fantastic smells of each street food vendor wafting toward me— though excluding the overpowering smell of urine and such.
In Jaipur I lived with a host family, who I know I will never forget! The mother, Kusum, is the director of Idex (My volunteering Origination in Jaipur). Her husband, Sharma, is a retired banker, but still does some financial work for Idex. The hardest part about leaving Jaipur was saying by to my Khushi, my eight yr old host sister! Khushi reminded that even though I am 20, I am totally an eight year old at heart!
Monday through Friday I volunteered at the Elephant Village and I had the weekends free.
I spent most of the week with my roommate (and only other volunteer at the Elephant village), Katherine from Colorado, and on the weekends we explored Jaipur with the 20ish other volunteers staying at the Idex Volunteer House in Jaipur.
The change from rural Guwahati to urban Jaipur was massive. I instantly fell in love with hustle and bustle of Indian, city life. I loved just walking the streets to listen to the thousands of different sounds which filled my ears, and to inhale the fantastic smells of each street food vendor wafting toward me— though excluding the overpowering smell of urine and such.
In Jaipur I lived with a host family, who I know I will never forget! The mother, Kusum, is the director of Idex (My volunteering Origination in Jaipur). Her husband, Sharma, is a retired banker, but still does some financial work for Idex. The hardest part about leaving Jaipur was saying by to my Khushi, my eight yr old host sister! Khushi reminded that even though I am 20, I am totally an eight year old at heart!
Monday through Friday I volunteered at the Elephant Village and I had the weekends free.
I spent most of the week with my roommate (and only other volunteer at the Elephant village), Katherine from Colorado, and on the weekends we explored Jaipur with the 20ish other volunteers staying at the Idex Volunteer House in Jaipur.
1) Khushi
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