After my first true adventure in Madrid, it's time for the next big thing. As most people who have been on exchange or experienced the wonders of backpacking already know, once you start travelling you cannot stop! You don't know that feeling? Too bad!
It's not that I haven't been travelling for the last year and a half. I mean, I went on weekend trips to Prague, Viena, Berlin, Köln, Milan, Munich and I'm actually writing this story on a shitty Ryan Air flight to Dublin. But I want to experience a true culture shock and so it's best to leave this continent.
Why I chose for India you might wonder? Well, suddenly, it was in my head. So I decided to go there, as simple as that. Life is already to complicated as it is so sometimes you just need to listen to your instincts.
When? I fly on January 2nd from Amsterdam, make a stop in Helsinki and then fly straight to India's fine capital of Delhi. There I have to take a bus or train to Chandigarh which is approximately 250 km further up north. Three months later, on April 2nd, I will fly back to this cold country (hopefull with a nice tan).
What am I suppose to do there?
With the help of AIESEC (worldwide student NGO) I managed to arrange an internship at a primary school in Mohali (Chandigarh). There I'm supposed to teach English to little children between the age of 4 and 7. At least, that's what my contacts in India told me.. I have absolutely no freakin' idea how much English these kids already know which makes it pretty difficult to already start preparing lesson material. I guess I just have to be very flexible when I get there. After 10 weeks of being all serious I'm planning to make a trip around India for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to that! Got some crazy places in mind to visit, like Varanasi. Google it!
With the help of AIESEC (worldwide student NGO) I managed to arrange an internship at a primary school in Mohali (Chandigarh). There I'm supposed to teach English to little children between the age of 4 and 7. At least, that's what my contacts in India told me.. I have absolutely no freakin' idea how much English these kids already know which makes it pretty difficult to already start preparing lesson material. I guess I just have to be very flexible when I get there. After 10 weeks of being all serious I'm planning to make a trip around India for 2 weeks. Really looking forward to that! Got some crazy places in mind to visit, like Varanasi. Google it!I hope to put some stories and pictures here at least once every two weeks when I'm there. And you can always contact me on Skype (dennis.van.erp) or Facebook, although I'm not sure how the internet facilities are at my school/accomodation. And keep in mind that the time difference is about 4 and a half hours!
Hope to have updated you guys sufficiently for the moment. Any questions? (Wow, I already sound like a teacher!) We will land on Dublin Airport in a few minutes and I'm gonna get myself some Guinness so this story ends here.
