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Dalian: a Modern City of China
Sometimes I forget that I am in China. Dalian feels western to me from the architecture to the cars on the street to the shops that I see. The fact that I am in a city often feels like a bigger...
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Chinese Cultural Immersion
After three wonderful weeks in Colorado, Helen and I are continuing our BOMA project. We came to my home, Dalian, China! That moment I knew I am in China We took an airplane from Denver to Los...
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Xi’an: An Ancient City of China
My summer is like the movie Inception. I keep falling deeper into travels and farther away from my reality at Lafayette. I will make my way back, but Xi’an is the farthest I will go. From Easton to...
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Eating at a Home Away From Home
One of the joys of traveling is the ability to enjoy a new cuisine. In America, we pride ourselves on having food from many cultures from around the world, but it is never comparable to the real...
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Where do you like it better?
“Where do you like it better? Here or back home?” is the most common question I get once I start talking about being from Nepal. Most of the times I answer with a simple, “They are both very special...
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My First China Blog
邓山姆 DengShanMu China Blog or 邓文轩 Deng Wenxuan as my other Chinese name is. American: Sam Stuart level 1 part 1 The first thing that comes to mind on my trip to the Far East? It’s more like a...
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Across Cultures
It has been a long time since I slept so well. I pass out by 9:30 – 10:00 pm these days, and wake up around 5:00 – 5:30 am. This feels so different from what I’m used to back in school – going to bed...
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Pumpkin Festival on Fall Break
After a long week of midterm exams and saying goodbyes to my friends leaving home for fall break, I finally had some time to unwind a little and enjoy the beautiful fall colors. While I typically love...
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Eid-al Adha celebration at Lafayette
As I put my hands on my keyboard to start writing this blog, I found myself smiling about this week’s events. It was a busy but fantastic week, largely due to the Eid dinner event that I helped...
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Thanksgiving break was a very pleasant time. It was the perfect break I needed right before the finals. In addition to that, it is also my favorite holiday because people get together, cook delicious...
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10 Facts about Senegal (Only 4 for this entry)
Welcome to my blog where I share my experience in Senegal, “La Teranga” or the land of hospitality. I am going to share ten major characteristics of Senegalese life and culture during the semester but...
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Re-Learning to be “mahalala fomba” (respectful in Malagasy) in Senegal
It is common sense to think that greetings are important in most cultures. I thought I knew that, but I never felt this impolite in my (short) life until I got here in Senegal. I never realized that I...
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Culture d’Enfance (Internship) and Toubab Dialaw
Asalam Alekuem everyone! Teaching English I started my internship two weeks ago and it has been a blessing to work for a non-profit organization called Culture d’Enfance. It was started by a few great...
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Just Wanna Dance the Night Away: Moroccan Nights
All work and no play makes Rob a dull boy. After a productive, but long, week of classes, meetings, and applications, I have to unwind a little. Usually I’ll just hang out with my friends on campus,...
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Saint-Louis: Spring Break
Le fleuve Senegal After our adventure/misadventure in the Gambian boarder, A friend of mine and I thought we could get some real rest inside of Senegal for spring break. We decided to go to the north...
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Weekend in Dakar
Broderie I started my weekend well. I was at one of the social centers we work with and learning embroidering, which I was pretty horrible at. One of the girls in the center whose name is Oumou taught...
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Ten Facts About Senegal Continued (6 facts in this post)
In the beginning of my spring semester in Senegal, I opened up my blog with a entry called “10 facts about Senegal,” but I actually only wrote four of them. I planned to write the six other ones along...
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