Chiang Mai, Thailand | Sat Feb 18, 2012 | Views: 1023

Tomorrow I will be leaving for my field course! We already started learning about Human Rights and the Environment (aka Rivers), but now is time to learn from experience which is what ISDSI is all about. I am a little nervous but very excited! I won’t be able to blog for 3 weeks (no internet access and no electronics allowed.) So, the next post will be really exciting and full …

jadegrass
Thailand Adventure

Hirakata, Japan | Wed Feb 15, 2012 | Views: 246

So after a long week of getting settled into our lives here in Japan, everyone was quite excited for the start of classes.  For me, I found that my placement test went better than I had thought, for I was placed in level 4 out of the 7 levels.  I am now extremely glad that I stuck it out and stayed in that 400 level class at my university last …

QuynhQ
KANPAI JAPAN!

Nagoya, Japan | Fri Feb 10, 2012 | Views: 5002

1/16 Officially sick...again. I have a horrible cough that keeps me up at night and today is our final test for my Monday classes. It looks grim...but in my fever redden haze I decided to start doing art again. I want to make a portfolio for my time spent in Japan. Also I might try my hand a writing fiction again. I haven't done it since high school. It just seems …

TiffanyF
Nippon, Nihon, Japan

Fes, Morocco | Mon Dec 26, 2011 | Views: 5764

My good friend Remi and I ended the semester tucked away in the town of Chefchaouen surrounded by the Rif mountains, hiking and exploring and cooking. The name of the town derives from the Berber word for horns, Ichawen, referring to the shape of the mountain tops above the town that resemble the two horns of a goat. The four hour bus ride from Fes through the mountains was a …

globetrotter15
Fall in Fes

Moscow (Moskva), Russia | Fri Dec 16, 2011 | Views: 5138

To everyone who has followed me on my journey:   Alas, my time in Russia has come to an end.  It was a wonderful experience that I will never forget.  I have learned so many new things and made many new friends. Even now as I pack my bags to return home, I can't help but feel a little sad that I am leaving. I guess the time has come to return …

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My Adventures in Russia!