Lindsey - Central Asia Updates

My Letter To Future Goers

By on June 2, 2015 Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Asia - Central

So, here I am, in America. It has been twenty months to the day since I left for South Asia and I still can't believe how fast it went by. Technically I am "home" now but it feels like I'm in this very farmiliar place and my home is on the other side of the world. I don't think I ever really thought South Asia could become my home, but it did and I think a part of me will always miss it. These last two years I saw how a team of total strangers can become a family. I learned how to love and how to be honest and how to communicate while living with my team, but mostly I learned about what it… Read more >>

2014

By on December 29, 2014 Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Asia - Central

The year of 2014 is almost over. Its december 29th and I can barely comprehend the fact that this year is coming to an end. I spent all of this year in South Asia and had more adventures than I have in my whole life time. I traveled to four different countries, spent nights on trains and buses, saw world wonders, learned a new language, made life long friends and met people who have changed my life. Its been the craziest year of my life, and the greatest year of my life.  But I think the strangest thing about this year is that, to all my friends and family back in America, this year is… Read more >>

My Not So Normal Life

By on December 1, 2014 Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Asia - Central

I’ve lived in South Asia for over a year now, this place is my home and I love my life here. But I realize the life I live is not exactly normal. Over the year I’ve been here things that were strange in the beginning have become normal; the traffic, the cows, the smells, the noise, the mass amount of people, the chaos… It’s become so normal that I forgot what it was like when I first got here and thought everything was so different. Well this week my parents came to visit me for the first time here in South Asia and I realized how different my life really looks from theirs. They walked out of… Read more >>

Holi Moly Me Oh My

By on March 20, 2014 Track: Languages - Linguistics Region: Asia - Central

Holi is a major holiday here in South Asia and if you have ever watched any Bollywood movie then you have definitely seen a scene of a Holi celebration. It is a holiday to welcome the Spring and to say goodbye to the Winter. It is first and foremost a day for every single person in the country to act like a child. The squirt guns were brought out and all of the brightest colors were bought and everyone put on their old clothes knowing that by noon they would be covered in color.  We were a little worried as a team because we didn't know who we were going to celebrate this huge holiday… Read more >>