Monday, January 13 marked an important day for Bridge Year India. It was the exact halfway point of our program. On the day I write this, Monday, January 20, we have 132 days until May 31, 2020. That is: 4 months and 11 days 19 weeks 3,168 hours......Read More
On Saturday, the cohort adventured to Udaipur’s famous Monsoon Palace, built in honor the king of the region Maharana Sajjan Singh. Situated at the top of a hilltop overlooking Udaipur, we hiked about an hour and a half up, relaying stories......Read More
Dear friends, family, instructors and curious others, For those of you who have been keeping track, then I’m sure your aware that it has been approximately four and a half months since our little group entered China. As such, this weekend we shall......Read More
When I bike home, I anticipate not my building— a nondescript, seven story complex on top of convenience stores and massage parlors— but the building across from it. It towers over mine twenty-five stories high, and two looming characters......Read More
I groaned as we hit yet another bump that sent a jolt straight up my spine. I didn’t remember the road leading up to Krishna Ranch, the farm on the outskirts of Udaipur where we had spent our very first week in India, being quite so rough. But......Read More
While we’re busy in Langa, we wanted to share a bit about the boat trip we went on last week. We left port in the early morning. The ocean was eerily calm, broken only by sharp, scattered mountain slopes on small islands. It looked almost like......Read More
In video games, your character starts off much like you do in real life- at level 1. Gradually, as your character puts in work and time, that little bar over your head gets filled and in an eruption of digital confetti you reach level 2 and then......Read More
After sleeping in to sleep off our fatigue from the Midnight Mass, we awoke to a breakfast of Poha, Goan bread, and three kinds of marmalade: Guava, Mixed Fruit, and Orange, from our hotel. Post-breakfast, we facetimed Shweta, our Program House......Read More
Today we built a raft capable of supporting two people using scrap materials. We also went bird watching and learned about the ecosystems present on the island....Read More
For our second excursion, we are going to Jianshui 建水—a city south of Kunming 昆明 in the Honghe Prefecture 红河州. We are looking forward to exploring Jianshui’s many hutongs胡同—cobble stoned streets— and will be on the lookout......Read More
Since October, our Bridge Year cohort has been loving life in Dakar. From the tasty options of street food to the celebrations of religious holidays, births, and marriages, Dakar offers many new and exciting things to experience every day. Each of......Read More
Today, we went to the Serendipity Arts Festival in Panjim, Goa. Going around, we not only saw art but created it. Here is my liquid art....Read More
On Friday, December 20th, we woke up bright and early to catch our 5:50 train from Mumbai to Goa. We arrived in Goa in the early afternoon and spent several hours exploring the public bus system. In the evening, we went to our first event at the......Read More
After a day of exploring an ISKCON Temple and Bandra, a suburb of Mumbai, we stopped by Yazdani Bakery for apple pie, bun maska, and chai. As the fresh bread was baked and cooled all around us, we discussed the unique and intriguing nature of......Read More
