You know that 'Can this be real?' feeling?
The feeling of 'What the hell just happened?'
Of 'There must be an easier way to do this...'
Of 'Where on Earth are we?'
And 'Are you sure this is legal?'
When you find yourself somewhere you thought only existed on Google Images.
When you're thanking God you're parents can't see you.
When you're pretty sure none of you know where you are, but you keep quiet until it's too late.
When you see real beauty.
When you're an hour late for the last check-in for your flight, and have to convince security to let you through without any form of ID whatsoever, and still manage to board.
And then you're getting off a train, where you're pretty sure the platform.... should be.
One week.
Really? That's all?
Just at the point where life at MUWCI was starting to become routine, we went off on one week filled with enough adventure to last months.
Ten students, seven days, one trip.
Students travelled all over India, each one with unique experiences and stories, the collection of which made this week, in my mind, one of the absolute best so far.
Our group of ten spent Travel Week south of MUWCI, first exploring the stunningly beautiful state of Kerala, before taking a train up to the beaches of Goa (also beautiful.... but probably in a very different way).
Of course, tourists will be tourists and do what tourists do, but nonetheless, we did see, do and experience a whole lot of a very different part of the country (not to mention the hundreds of life skills we acquired along the way. Because, travelling anywhere in a group, staying where you find a cheap room, hoping such a place will appear, not really knowing what and where you'll be going or doing,working it out along the way... well, it can teach you a lot.)
I wish I could write everything that happened, describe everywhere went, everything we saw and felt. But I will never be able to, for two reasons:
1) A lot of what happened is probably safer kept as memories, and not eternalised forever on the internet
2) As I said, every detail would take forever. Plus, as with all such experiences, it''s something to live yourself.
So, for now, I leave you with some photos which may or may not give a better description of Travel Week than I have done.
Thanks to everyone who made this week so amazing and memorable (despite the 15 hour bus ride back to campus arriving at 4:30 AM) <3
Sometimes I think back and remember how I felt, almost exactly a yer ago, when I found out I was coming to India.
My excitement and thrill was justified.
It just was.
Travel Week, 07/03/14 - 16/03/14
Time of my life.
Maria xXx
The feeling of 'What the hell just happened?'
Of 'There must be an easier way to do this...'
Of 'Where on Earth are we?'
And 'Are you sure this is legal?'
When you find yourself somewhere you thought only existed on Google Images.
When you're thanking God you're parents can't see you.
When you're pretty sure none of you know where you are, but you keep quiet until it's too late.
When you see real beauty.
When you're an hour late for the last check-in for your flight, and have to convince security to let you through without any form of ID whatsoever, and still manage to board.
And then you're getting off a train, where you're pretty sure the platform.... should be.
One week.
Really? That's all?
Just at the point where life at MUWCI was starting to become routine, we went off on one week filled with enough adventure to last months.
Ten students, seven days, one trip.
Students travelled all over India, each one with unique experiences and stories, the collection of which made this week, in my mind, one of the absolute best so far.
Our group of ten spent Travel Week south of MUWCI, first exploring the stunningly beautiful state of Kerala, before taking a train up to the beaches of Goa (also beautiful.... but probably in a very different way).
Of course, tourists will be tourists and do what tourists do, but nonetheless, we did see, do and experience a whole lot of a very different part of the country (not to mention the hundreds of life skills we acquired along the way. Because, travelling anywhere in a group, staying where you find a cheap room, hoping such a place will appear, not really knowing what and where you'll be going or doing,working it out along the way... well, it can teach you a lot.)
I wish I could write everything that happened, describe everywhere went, everything we saw and felt. But I will never be able to, for two reasons:
1) A lot of what happened is probably safer kept as memories, and not eternalised forever on the internet
2) As I said, every detail would take forever. Plus, as with all such experiences, it''s something to live yourself.
So, for now, I leave you with some photos which may or may not give a better description of Travel Week than I have done.
Thanks to everyone who made this week so amazing and memorable (despite the 15 hour bus ride back to campus arriving at 4:30 AM) <3
Sometimes I think back and remember how I felt, almost exactly a yer ago, when I found out I was coming to India.
My excitement and thrill was justified.
It just was.
Travel Week, 07/03/14 - 16/03/14
Time of my life.
Maria xXx
