Preparing for launch

Hi everyone!
This blog will serve as a means of communication with my loved ones as I spend the summer in India.

On Saturday, May 19, I'm flying to southern India, where I'll spend a month in Pondicherry being a "teacher's assistant" for a sustainable agriculture course I took (and loved) last summer.

Then, it's two weeks of travel with my wonderful boyfriend, Arman, who will be coming over for a 3-week-long sojourn. Details of our trip have yet to be finalized, but we're working on a train ride up through India's midland to the "Golden Triangle" - Dehli, Agra (home of the Taj Mahal), and Jaipur - then we'll make our way back south, stopping in Mumbai and maybe Goa. India is such a huge, diverse country, so we're trying to figure out how we'll tackle it in merely two weeks...

Once back in the Pondicherry area, I'll be a research assistant for my professor, Dr. Pelkey from Juniata, as we test the viability of several alternative fertilizers for organic vegetable gardening. Arman will stick around for one more week, as we put his handyman smarts to work with setting up the plots, etc., and I introduce him to my home there.

My return flight is for July 30, but it may be a bit later if our research needs a little more time.

I'll post when I'm able and when I have interesting things to say. Bookmark me- I'd love to have your comments as I do this blog thing.

Back to you soon, from India!