JerseySteph

Hey everyone, just to let you all know, I have safely arrived in Delhi and will try to put some pics up once I'm settled in Dharamsala--possibly next week after the 16th. In the meantime I will be busy traveling to Agra to see the Taj and then to Jaipur in Rajasthan, the pink city! I have also recieved my assignment from CCS and will be plugging away at search engines today to research some ideas for the womans group I am working with. In short I will be volunteering with the Anganwadi teachers of a local village. The group, which was established by the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), currently engages in collecting monthly deposits and loaning that money out to women in the community. My assignment will be to suggest ways of developing and ... read more

Hey everyone!! I have finally uploaded all my pictures up to the end of March! There are more than one photo album on each "space" so be sure to pull down the photo album box! Enjoy! Malaysia: http://spaces.msn.com/jerseysteph Southern Thailand and Bangkok: http://spaces.msn.com/stephthailand1 Day 1 in Siem Reap, Cambodia: http://spaces.msn.com/StephCambodia1 Day 2 in Siem Reap, Cambodia: http://spaces.msn.com/StephCambodia2... read more

UPDATE!! Pictures of Southern Thailand now on a second myspace: http://spaces.msn.com/stephthailand1 My visa for Thailand expired on Friday the 24th, and since I had to wait for my India visa, I was forced to pay 500b when I left Thailand on Saturday for overstaying my welcome! The trip to Cambodia took over 12 hours and it was not a pleasant one either! Cambodia is still much a third world country. I heard the roads were not paved but I was not prepared for the trauma I went through without any painkillers or sleeping aids!! On the Cambodian side, we drove 5 hours in a minibus that must have been 10 years old! The loose windows were clattering against each other right next to my ear, the shocks on the bus (if there were any) were shot ... read more

Before these crowded streets lies a backwards metropolis full of fun and excitement—that is, if you can decipher what street you are actually on!! I’ve explored most of Bangkok by accident and have developed some great legs in the process! Bk reminds me of NYC, except for the unorganized urban development and lack of street signs! So what have I been up to the past 8 days.. Let’s see… My first night here Carson and I went to Roti Mataba for some Indian food—we were the only westerners in the joint so I figured it must be good if it was packed with locals, right? Well, when we were served our dinner we couldn’t help but wonder if the chef seasoned our rice with Windex b/c parts of our rice was blue! Perhaps the fact that ... read more

Koh Tao has treated me very well and I am sad to leave it behind. People mostly go to Koh Tao to scuba dive b/c it's very cheap, but my recent accident kept me out of the water completely so I wasn't able to get my padi certification! So my days were spent laying on the beach and nights spent eating western food buffets watching bootleg movies and staring up at the stars! We arrived in KT on the 8th of March in a boat from the mainland that well exceeded the legal weight limit permitted. All the seats inside were taken and people were lined up on the outsides and front of the the boat, legs dangling down over the windows of the indoor seats. The back of the boat held all our luggage. There ... read more