Hello,
Well as i said before our trip to Kenya was cancelled so we ended up in Louis Mauritius, an island off the coast of Madagascar. Unfortunately, we had no time to set up any video conferences there so i had to take 3 days off and sit on a beach and hike up waterfalls. Jeeze this job is the worst! But in-between our fun in the sun we actually did do some work and there should be about 6 new web videos up on our site about S. Africa so check them out will ya!
We are now back on the sip and back sea, we will be in India in 7 days. Our project for India will change slightly from what we have been doing up to this point. The focus will shift from high school students to some of the college student that we are traveling on Semester at Sea . Six select students from different universities around the US will be introduced to local India college students for a cultural exchange that will be broadcast back to their home campus in the States. The students will also interact socially, checking out the day to day lives of India youth. The full piece will be broadcast on MTV U, a college based channel available on some campuses around the US.
Keep checking back on the site for more videos and pictures. Also check out the country profile son the site for general info about each area and stats on HIV/AIDS in the country.
Well like i said, we didn't do much last week so i don't really have too much to say but here are some monkey pictures to hold you over. Everyone likes a monkey picture.
We found these guys running around wild on the hill side next to a Hindu Temple.
Thanks to Byron Miller for the monk pics, check out his GNG blog for more amazing photos.
Interesting facts:
(Thanks Jaclyn)
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a
full moon.
(Thanks Kat)
- When Coca-Cola began to be sold in China, they used characters that would sound like "Coca-Cola" when spoken. Unfortunately, what they turned out to mean was "Bite the wax tadpole". (KAT)
"In Saudi Arabia, a woman reportedly may divorce her husband if he does not keep her supplied with coffee."
- The Giant cricket of Africa enjoys eating human hair. (thank goodness yours is all gone)
Catch yall later,
J
I told you you were going to see monkeys :0I
I can't believe you caught him with an ACTUAL banana!! Hysterical!
Hope to talk to you soon! Get back to a normal time zone already, will ya? Geez!
Love,
Kat
Posted by: Kat | October 15, 2005 at 12:50 PM