வணக்கம்

That's Tamil; it means "hello"!  Sure, I could just say hello, but வணக்கம் is so much prettier.  (It's pronounced 'vaNakkam')

So, as most of you know, I'll be heading to India on the 27th of this month--i.e. Sunday--for six weeks.  Bangalore is where I'll start my adventuring, and then it'll be off to Tamil Nadu.  Here's a picture I made for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about:

Southern India and a little bit of Sri Lanka

The green area is part of the state of Karnataka, the capital of which is Bangalore (or Bengaluru).  The plan at the moment is to start in Bangalore, where I'll be enrolled for three weeks at Christ University. After that the plan gets a little vague.  

Ponducherry is missing and you should ignore Mumbai up there being all out of place, but other than that this map hits on all the cities/towns involved in the travel plan.   Basically I'll start in Bangalore, then go to Chennai, then Mamallapuram, etc., down the list until we run out of time and have to return to Bangalore for the return flight on July 14th.

That's my intro, so everybody knows something about what I'm doing.  If you want more info on the program abroad you can look on the USAC website.  I'll post some specifics later this week, and if I don't have time before I leave, I'll definitely do an update once I get settled (as settled as possible anyway) in my apartment.

Love your faces!
-Liz