Hello folks!
After an 8 hour flight to Paris and another 9 hour flight to Bangalore, I have arrived! It is amazing here. Yesterday was spent being jetlagged and with a runny nose from the airplane's dry air, but it was wonderful all the same.
We recieved a lovely Indian welcome (after getting in at 3am and sleeping) including songs, bindis, and sandalwood lei-type things. We also have eaten several Indian meals now, often in the open-air dining hall, and they have been delicious. Puri, several kinds of chutney, roti, and many other foods. The rooms we are staying in are quite nice - a bit larger than standard double dorms, with a private bath (and bucket showers! I had my first one this morning) as well as lovely tiled floors and all of the rooms open onto a shared terrace.
Upstairs from our rooms is a lovely open air room, with chairs and clotheslines, and there are also several lovely buildings including one called the Mandala, which is partly a beautiful underground room that feels like you are sitting in a very lovely, very reflective hole in the ground, with exposed earth.
Yesterday we took a small walk to the nearest store and the bus stop - about 40 minutes there. I also really like our group - everyone is very genuine and friendly and I am so thankful for them all! yay friendship!
It's looking like it will be a lovely semester!
Peace and love,
Malyn
After an 8 hour flight to Paris and another 9 hour flight to Bangalore, I have arrived! It is amazing here. Yesterday was spent being jetlagged and with a runny nose from the airplane's dry air, but it was wonderful all the same.
We recieved a lovely Indian welcome (after getting in at 3am and sleeping) including songs, bindis, and sandalwood lei-type things. We also have eaten several Indian meals now, often in the open-air dining hall, and they have been delicious. Puri, several kinds of chutney, roti, and many other foods. The rooms we are staying in are quite nice - a bit larger than standard double dorms, with a private bath (and bucket showers! I had my first one this morning) as well as lovely tiled floors and all of the rooms open onto a shared terrace.
Upstairs from our rooms is a lovely open air room, with chairs and clotheslines, and there are also several lovely buildings including one called the Mandala, which is partly a beautiful underground room that feels like you are sitting in a very lovely, very reflective hole in the ground, with exposed earth.
Yesterday we took a small walk to the nearest store and the bus stop - about 40 minutes there. I also really like our group - everyone is very genuine and friendly and I am so thankful for them all! yay friendship!
It's looking like it will be a lovely semester!
Peace and love,
Malyn
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