karlyann
Karly Steffens Joined: April 4th 2009
Logged in: April 5th 2009
Logged in: April 5th 2009
Travel Blog Posts
Houses
We went for a school trip to Singapore and Malaysia. We did some sightseeing, but mostly shopping. In Malaysia we spent some time in Kuala Lumpur, and then took a cable car to the mountains to visit Genting Highlands, which was a very Las-Vegas type of resort...complete with Casino, haunted house, lots of shopping, Ripley's believe it or not, and a theme park.... read more
with Hafsat Abiola
On the afternoon of April 4, 2008 six of my School Year Abroad classmates and I boarded one of two buses headed for the Western Academy of Beijing to participate in the first Asian delegation of the Global Issues Network Conference. I didn’t know that the next three days were to permanently change my life. The First Day “You not only can make a difference, you must make a difference.” -J. F. Rischard After a confusing and loud registration process where we received ‘Earth’s Hope’ T-shirts, bracelets, lime green tote bags, a program, an environmentally friendly water bottle, and a savvy and professional looking name tag, we were broken up in to two groups of almost 200 (there were 300 students attending the conference from, among other places, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey, Singapore, Guangzhou and Hong ... read more
He stands there, obviously instructed not to move but finding this very hard to do. Every day a guard, a small man in a green-grey uniform, stands watching the entrance to my school. His hat doesn’t quite fit on his head - it’s a little small. If he turns his head too quickly it might fall off. Sometimes I hope it will, so I can see what he’s like when he isn’t the permanent statue fixed to his green stand. The stand is shaped like a wedding cake, two-tiered. Atop it stands the lone figure in a very standardized uniform. Maybe it’s one-size-fits-all. In any event, it doesn’t quite fit him - he looks like a little boy trying in vain to trudge around in his father’s shoes. This guard’s uniform is covered in straps, buttons, ... read more
Blue sky
Bandos Island Resort in the Maldives. It was absolutely beautiful! One of those few, untouched places. SCUBA diving was great, with a wide variety of fish. The only sharks were small back-tips, though. We did a night dive and got to see the plankton lights - if you've never done that you should; it's amazing!... read more
Hee hee
Our friend, Zhou Huajian, is a Taiwanese singer, so we went for a weekend in Singapore to catch him in concert. Most of the pictures are from Sentosa Island, and for the rest of the time we basically explored the city!... read more
Motor-carts
In Phuket we stayed at a little resort on the beach. We went to the FantaSea performance - which was kind of like a theme park with lots of shops and games, dinner, and then a performance with dancers and animals (a LOT of elephants...my favorite). It was interesting, I would definitely recommend it. We also went to a little farm and got a demonstration of how the monkeys work to get coconuts down from the trees. We got a chance to take a quick spin in a bullock cart, and visited a rubber farm. We visited Phi phi island, which was beautiful but swamped with tourists...there was also a Bollywood movie being shot there when we visited! We got a chance to ride elephants as well and explore some of the forest.... read more
Botanical Garden
Spent the days leading up to Christmas in the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawai'i. Rented a car and drove the road to Hampi...stopping along the way for some much-missed Mexican food, and to take a peek at a beautiful botanical garden.... read more
Washing clothes in the river
Quick trip to Mysore to see some old palaces and forts, and even a stop off at the Bombay Circus (it wasn't very good, I wouldn't recommend it...but I couldn't resist).... read more
Fishing boat
Quick getaway from Bangalore to the beach of Goa - a lot of time to hang out and do nothing!... read more
