India--An Emotional Roller Coaster Ride

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I went to Northern India to volunteer in a rural village about 30 minutes outside of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. I thought that I would be working on women's empowerment and environmental projects with many other interns. However, I ended up getting shipped off to another village with only one other intern, and told that I was to set up a language school. My internship was to be for 3 months, and I wanted to extend my visa and internship so that I could focus on what I actually came to India to do, which was women's empowerment and environmental initiatives. But after a series of very bad experiences, and then getting extremely sick with a parasite, I decided to leave when my visa expired. That said, there were moments when I loved India, and moments when I hated it too. India is definitely a land of extremes, and hopefully I can capture some of those here.

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  The Bomb Squad is Outside...Welcome to India?!   Chandigarh, India on Oct 14, 2009 0 pictures 1 comment
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  3 T-shirts, 1 Pair of Pants, and 1 Roll of TP   Sotla, India on Oct 16, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  You Want Me to Do What?!   Naryala, India on Oct 20, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Not Dalhousie, Nova Scotia   Dalhousie, India on Oct 31, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Organized Chaos at its Finest   Chamba, India on Nov 1, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  I Think the Buddhism's Going to My Head!   McLeod Ganj, India on Nov 21, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Hitch hiking on a school bus, just another day.   Naryala, India on Nov 23, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Please Stop Staring at Me While I'm Sleeping   Chandigarh, India on Nov 28, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Getting Worn Down   Naryala, India on Nov 30, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Golden Temple and Attari   Amritsar, India on Dec 11, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Sexual Harassment...par for the course.   Naryala, India on Dec 15, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Worst Christmas Eve of My Life   Haridwar, India on Dec 24, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  The Incurable Parasite Makes Its Presence Known   Rishikesh, India on Dec 26, 2009 0 pictures 0 comments
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  Ahem...It's Coming Out the Other End   Naryala, India on Jan 4, 2010 0 pictures 1 comment
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  $50/Night Gets You A Cold Bucket Shower!   Delhi, India on Jan 8, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments
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  India: Still Trying to Kill Me   Edmonton, Canada on Jan 11, 2010 0 pictures 0 comments