Group Update from Varanasi
We've arrived in Varanasi and the student-led portion has begun! The roles we'll be assuming for the next few days are as follows: Raul and Andrew--co-coordinators; Annie--budget manager; Nora--leader log keeper and Global-LAB communicator; Hannah--transportation manager; Jackie and Kai--team chumps.
We are all still quite sorry for the early departure of two of our group's members, and we agree that nothing feels the same without them. But even though it's a different trip in their absence, we're trying our best to remain present and enjoy the crazy, beautiful city of Varanasi.
We are staying in a guest house along Assi Ghat, and have already explored a number of delicious restaurants, visited a bizarre armor/carriage/fabric museum, sucked some fumes during an impromptu block printing workshop, and strolled along the hazy ghats. And we've only just begun.
Most of us cannot believe that the trip is finally winding down. Personally, I am at this point constantly steeped in a bittersweet soup of joy, sadness, confusion, frustration, anticipation, nostalgia, and, most of all, absurd, tragicomic bliss. And things roll on. . .