This is my first experience with blogging, so bear with me. Seeing as how I will be spending the next several months living in India and traveling abroad, I thought documenting my experiences via blog would be both interesting and rewarding.
The main reason for traveling is to study abroad. One of my biggest regrets from undergrad was not spending a semester overseas. As a graduate student, I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice. As such, I am spending the third quarter of my second and final year of business school in India. The school itself, the Indian School of Business, is globally a top rated institution and is located in Hyderabad – the six million person city that most Americans have never heard of. (Another key benefit of going to India in the winter, is to take advantage of their dry season—when it is 80 degrees and sunny EVERY day!! So long winter.)
During my six weeks at the school, I plan to take advantage of the weekends—my weekends are especially long, Thursday through Sunday, given my course schedule—by traveling to various cities and locations throughout India. After my studies are done in India, I have approximately one month until classes start back at the University of Virginia. During that time, I plan to explore Southeast Asia and then meet up with classmates in Egypt prior to a weeklong class in Bahrain.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
You might ask why I opted to use “Elephant Parade” as the title of my blog. The answer is simple: during my travels, my primary goal is to see and ride an elephant. There really is no rhyme or reason as to why I want to sit atop a pachyderm—it just seems like it would be a memorable experience.
I will be abroad from December 23 until March 14. During that period, I will travel more than 30,000 miles by plane and visit six countries on two continents.
Current Location: Detroit.
Next stop: Delhi.
The main reason for traveling is to study abroad. One of my biggest regrets from undergrad was not spending a semester overseas. As a graduate student, I didn’t want to make the same mistake twice. As such, I am spending the third quarter of my second and final year of business school in India. The school itself, the Indian School of Business, is globally a top rated institution and is located in Hyderabad – the six million person city that most Americans have never heard of. (Another key benefit of going to India in the winter, is to take advantage of their dry season—when it is 80 degrees and sunny EVERY day!! So long winter.)
During my six weeks at the school, I plan to take advantage of the weekends—my weekends are especially long, Thursday through Sunday, given my course schedule—by traveling to various cities and locations throughout India. After my studies are done in India, I have approximately one month until classes start back at the University of Virginia. During that time, I plan to explore Southeast Asia and then meet up with classmates in Egypt prior to a weeklong class in Bahrain.
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
You might ask why I opted to use “Elephant Parade” as the title of my blog. The answer is simple: during my travels, my primary goal is to see and ride an elephant. There really is no rhyme or reason as to why I want to sit atop a pachyderm—it just seems like it would be a memorable experience.I will be abroad from December 23 until March 14. During that period, I will travel more than 30,000 miles by plane and visit six countries on two continents.
Current Location: Detroit.
Next stop: Delhi.
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ReplyDeleteYour reasoning as to the Elephant Parade title is quite dubious, I think it might have something to do with a certain incident during a certain Tata Nano case last year.....I expect you riding a Nano as well.....
ReplyDeleteAre we there yet????
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