Monthly Archives: March 2010

Spring Break!

I just realized that it’s been far too long since I updated. I can’t write much now because I’m using a computer shared by the entire hostel I’m staying in… but a quick update on the past couple of weeks. … Continue reading

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“Our House, In the Middle of Saigon”

Our two-week homestay in Ho Chi Minh city has come to a tear-filled end—grandma cried as she forced the last plates of broken rice, fruit, sweet soup, noodle soup and cups of Nescafe.  These have been the best and most … Continue reading

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PHO-nominal

I’m ashamed to say I haven’t had a food blog yet, especially since the food might be my favorite part about Vietnam. There are so many intense, wonderful flavors in everything and I often stuff myself beyond capacity. I’ve loved … Continue reading

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Squatter Toilets, Spitting, and Culture Shock

Culture shock.  Perhaps the most cliché and overly talked-about experiences of living abroad (and with good reason), it can be – in whatever form it presents itself – both incredibly amusing and downright frustrating.  One thing is true however it … Continue reading

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Three Americans Walk into a Bar…

I walked in with my two friends, and we knew immediately that we were out of place.  “Perfect”, I thought.  “I’ve been wanting to find a local’s bar for a while, and this is exactly what I had in mind”. … Continue reading

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Street Harassment

Street harassment in Morocco is one of the hardest things to get used to. At all times of the day I will have boys and men calling out to me, trying to get my attention. Sometimes (during the day) it is fairly civil, more of a way of acknowledging a young woman as she passes by. During the night, however, it can turn really rather nasty. This is a story of how I coped with some of the more unpleasant night-time cat calls.

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Sustainable Agriculture, Mekong Style

I was reminded this past week how good dirt under my fingernails feels… The twelve of us students found ourselves at the Hoa An Biodiversity Center in the Mekong Delta with an amazing team of researchers, farmers, staff members, and … Continue reading

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Why Study is Half the Title

As I sit here on the fifth floor of the Edinburgh Library, looking out over the beautiful city I have been living in for the past 9 weeks, I should be writing the last 150 words of my Celtic Civilisations … Continue reading

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Kunming, China: At First Sight

Nimen hao! Hello everyone!  Welcome to gorgeous Kunming, Yunnan Province, China: the business and industrial capital of the southernmost province of the most populated country in the world.  I write this in my dormitory room – comparably equal in size … Continue reading

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The Romance of Candlelit Showers…

My dear blogging audience, I will now spend an entire entry on personal hygiene here in Morocco with my host family. While I sometimes feel that a daily shower is possibly a shower too many on occasion, I have for the most part been accustomed my post tween-age life to regular bathing. My only exceptions are the few extended backpacking and camping trips, during which I usually make liberal use of existent bodies of fresh water (read: lakes and rivers).

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