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karlyann - Karly Steffens

Karly Steffens I spent the last year living and going to school in Beijing, China and now live in Bangalore, India.
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Houses
Houses
These houses in Singapore reminded me of Italy
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. [View Full Entry]

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Houses
Harbor
Asleep

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, a [View Full Entry]

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By karlyann
April 4th 2009
Observing the Soldier Asia » China » Beijing
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 [View Full Entry]

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By karlyann
March 23rd 2009
Bandos Island Asia » Maldives » Male Atoll
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! [View Full Entry]

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Beach...in the shade
Beautiful blue water
Water at night

By karlyann
February 8th 2009
Singapore Asia » Singapore
Hee hee
Hee hee
WARNING: Beware of possible PEACOCK ATTACKS to cars
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! [View Full Entry]

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Sentosa
Sentosa
Sentosa...

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 [View Full Entry]

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FantaSea
Bullock cart
Rubber farm

By karlyann
December 21st 2008
Christmas in Maui North America » United States » Hawaii » Maui » Lahaina
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. [View Full Entry]

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Maui (1)
Maui (3)
Maui (2)

By karlyann
November 14th 2008
Kabini Asia » India » Karnataka
We stayed in a small lodge in Kabini and went on safari for a long weekend [View Full Entry]

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Cool tree
Lake
Lodge porch

By karlyann
November 11th 2008
Mysore Asia
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). [View Full Entry]

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Bridge outside of a fort
Dungeons
Torture?

By karlyann
October 13th 2008
Beach Vacation in Goa Asia » India » Goa
Fishing boat
Fishing boat
with their nets
Quick getaway from Bangalore to the beach of Goa - a lot of time to hang out and do nothing! [View Full Entry]

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Parasailing
Golf course
Bathtub



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