Tag / Study abroad
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Catch me in Kathmandu: Refugee Reflection
As this election season has come to a close, there has been a great deal of talk about immigrants and refugees. This semester I have had the opportunity to immerse myself in the Tibetan refugee community. I have spent a total of seven weeks living with two different Tibetan families, one in Kathmandu and one…
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Catch me in Kathmandu: My Excursion to Ladakh, India
The program I am participating in is fortunate enough that we go on both a major and minor excursion. For our major excursion we went to Ladakh, a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in northern India, which borders Chinese-occupied Tibet. We went to Ladakh because it is known for being as…
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Catch me in Kathmandu: The Beginning
Hello all, this is a blog that I will be posting on throughout my semester abroad based in Kathmandu, Nepal. I will be writing about my experiences here and current events happening the Himalayan area. My journey began with many flights, taking me from New York to Tokyo to Bangkok and finally to Kathmandu. Looking…
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What I Learned in a Kenyan Protest
Recently I found myself locked in a shopping mall in the normally-bustling business district of Nairobi. The mall was teeming with large, grim-faced police carrying AK-47s and wearing combat fatigues. The heavy steel security gates had been pulled down and locked and the major street outside was eerily quiet. The bar was mostly empty save…
