tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70256864937452070452024-03-21T11:14:52.997-07:00Paula's Travel BlogPaula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-79821567200810289202013-09-17T12:46:00.000-07:002013-09-17T12:46:19.146-07:00Last Stop (in India): Delhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I have to admit that after the Tal Mahal is a little hard to
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Outside the Red Fort</div>
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Gateway to the Red Fort</div>
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Jama Masjid,
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India Gate</div>
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Lotus Temple</div>
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Garden of the Lotus Temple</div>
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The Lotus Temple is a Bahai House of Worship, </div>
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where people of all religions may worship God</div>
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-13105755181848220012013-09-15T10:08:00.001-07:002013-09-15T13:09:37.939-07:00Agra<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There aren’t enough words to describe the Taj Mahal, so
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Great Gate</div>
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View from Great Gate</div>
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Inside Taj Mahal Complex</div>
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View from the garden</div>
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Tomb</div>
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Precious Stones</div>
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Interior of Taj Mahal</div>
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Artistic photo taken by our guide!</div>
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Our stay could not be better, the couple was very friendly and the house was amazing! They have a living room, home theater, 6 rooms and a garden where they grow their own spices, vegetables and fruits... </div>
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The next day was a rush! In the morning we visited the Amber Fort, City Palace, Observatory and Palace of Wind. We stopped by a traditional veg restaurant for a late lunch and then some shopping at Fabindia (both suggestions of Sveta, owner of the house)<br />
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After a long ride (6 hours by car) we finally arrived in Jodhpur. The city reminded me again of Jamnagar... lots of people on the streets, noise, cows and trash everywhere! Luckily, our hotel was a bit far, in a very calm area with a lot of green around (we even had a pool!)<br />
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On the way to Jodhpur we stopped by the temple. It was the most beautiful temple we have seen so far. The construction was all in white marble, very clean and quiet.<br />
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The next morning we visited the fort and we could see why Jodhpur is known as the blue city...<br />
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Our first stop was in Udaipur, also known as the City of Lakes and Venice of the East!<br />
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Arriving in Rajasthan was a completely different experience. Udaipur airport was so quiet and clean, not so many cows on the streets and the city is quite beautiful.</div>
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In the afternoon we went out for a walk to wait for Nils (Katrin's husband) and at night we met with Malcolm and Peter for dinner. By the way, Rajasthan food is not as spicy as I thought!</div>
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Today we visited the City Palace and then did a boat ride to Jag Mandir. We passed by the Lake Palace but only guests are allowed to go there!</div>
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Later we went to the Monsoon Palace to watch the sunset!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-60444176897330986022013-09-07T12:27:00.000-07:002013-09-07T12:27:02.532-07:00Time to say goodbye...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The last few days have been very emotional. On Thursday we
went to the refinery for the last time and then to paint murals at Timdi school!
We had lunch at the Oil Club to celebrate Diti’s birthday and we also got
presents! Essar team gave us these really nice scarves and it was difficult to
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Friday morning we left the hotel and it was very hard to say
goodbye to Diti, Deependra and Awadhesh. It’s amazing how we got so close working
together for a month. I’m so grateful that we met and I will never forget those
3! </div>
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When we arrived at the hotel, my boyfriend was waiting for
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house, the same restaurant we were on the first day! Then it was time to say
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Today at breakfast we met Nina and Keith for the last time
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-41413920035174353902013-09-06T12:12:00.000-07:002013-09-06T12:12:35.519-07:00Final Presentation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We did our final presentation on Wednesday at the hotel. Our
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Elyse started with the objectives of the project and the
methodology we used to get to the results. Katrin spoke about our findings,
Nina did an overview of the recommendations, Gica and I spoke about the pilot
schools and the program for each of them.</div>
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-57953452091507567982013-09-03T11:07:00.000-07:002013-09-03T11:07:29.132-07:00Last week in Jamnagar and Project Status<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We are almost at the end of our journey. Project is
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We visited 17 schools where we did interviews with
principals, teachers and students. Even though we were able to interact with
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In the meeting with the district representative, it became
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Meeting the parents was also not the highlight of our
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After all research done, we divided the schools into 3
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We came up with almost 40 recommendations and selected two
pilot schools where the project will be implemented first. Each have a specific
program which includes recommendations for improving the English level of
students and teachers, new methods and tools for learning English and earlier
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-46939987350158928992013-09-01T09:56:00.000-07:002013-09-01T09:56:00.559-07:00Latest Events<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Birthday. We ordered some non veggie food and had dinner in the royal suite
(our common room) at the hotel. As usual, we had the same dishes in two
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Yesterday was the one year celebration of Essar volunteering. All team was invited to go to the Oil Club and we had the chance to wear our Indian clothes!</div>
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Today is the celebration of lord Krishna’s
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Most devotees in Jamnagar
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temples are also crowded but especially today we were strongly recommended to
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-71233896147442333502013-08-27T13:03:00.001-07:002013-08-27T13:03:32.091-07:00Some nice pics of Jamnagar and rickshaw ride!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Too tired to write today, so just sharing some cool moments
and the adventure of a rickshaw ride!</div>
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Also want to thank everybody for following and commenting on
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Lakhota Museum</div>
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Guy driving a green (toy) car!</div>
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The whole family on a scooter!</div>
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Cow at the gas station!</div>
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One of the oldest temples of India
is located in Dwarka, Gujarat. Dwarakadheesh
temple was dedicated to Lord Krishna as it is believed to be where he built his
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We had a guide that showed us the place and explained some
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On the top of the temple there is a flag which is changed 5
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After the visit, we went to the Dwarka Island
to see more temples. Although we have not seen any, the boat ride was quite
interesting and we got to the farthest spot in India,
very close to Pakistan!<br />
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At the end of this week we finished visiting schools. The
five of us, together with Essar team covered 17 government
schools around Jamnagar.
During the visits we had interviews with Principals, Teachers and Students to
find the gaps in English teaching between all of them.
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students were motivated and wanted to interact with us. So, we played games
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On the last day of visits, we stopped by the Essar School
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Like the children from government schools, the ones from Essar School
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-22251785005785770662013-08-24T11:01:00.000-07:002013-08-24T11:03:21.555-07:00Raksha Bandhan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi is a Hindu festival that happens on
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On this day, brothers tie a Rakhi (protection bracelet) around
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As we had the day off, we stayed at the hotel working on our
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Katrin receiving a Rakhi from Gica!</div>
Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-6332240903486041832013-08-22T10:33:00.000-07:002013-08-22T11:05:39.334-07:00Chennai Express<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As we are experiencing all about the Indian culture, a Bollywood
movie could not be left out! Chennai Express is the biggest hit in India right now
and is breaking almost every record at the box office.<br />
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Despite not having subtitles, was quite easy to understand the story, had a lot of music and dance!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-52499707119056976292013-08-22T09:08:00.000-07:002013-08-22T09:09:38.684-07:00Shopping Time!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Shopping
in India
is very funny and extremely cheap! Not only the prices are awesome but the way
Indians do business is quite interesting and, at least for me, impossible to
leave empty-handed! They literally show all the products they have and how many times you ask.</div>
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First
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other day, Diti (our client from Essar) took us for some clothes shopping.
Again we were surrounded by lots of beautiful stuff like dress materials,
bandhani and saares (in love with a pink one but still thinking if I will ever
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Today India
celebrates 67 years as a free country. To join them we went to the Essar Town
for their event. There were a lot of activities such as dancing and singing,
self defense demonstrations and even a dog show! </div>
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Later we visited the Happy Children
Center since they were also
having a celebration party. The infrastructure was completely the opposite, but
both of them share something in common… children beautifully dressed, having a
lot of fun and showing all their talent!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-38945491754563632592013-08-14T11:24:00.001-07:002013-08-14T11:35:44.712-07:00Busy Day<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
In the morning we had a meeting with the leader of Essar Foundation to go through the scope of work, set some expectations and define short and long term goals.<br />
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After lunch we visited the first government school. There are 16 in total and we will go to all of them in the next days.<br />
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It was very concerning that only one teacher could speak English and was able to communicate with us. But in the other hand, I was impressed by their passion and the respect they have for the teachers. One of them actually told us that teachers are considered a noble class in India (and they should be indeed) and are even more important than engineers or other professionals for instance.<br />
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We also had some interaction with the children. Although they were a bit shy, some of them asked questions, sang a song in Gujarati and did a welcome dance for us! After that, two very lovely girls taught Katrin and I how to dance!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-73312256323597574952013-08-13T11:00:00.001-07:002013-08-17T23:30:28.343-07:00Meeting with the Clients<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yesterday we had the first meeting with the clients. There are 11 of us in total, split into three groups. The first one is represented by Emily (USA), Keith (Canada) and Peter (Germany) and they will be working for the Chaitanya Charitable Trust. The other group represented by Anton (Slovakia), Claudia (Mexico) and Malcolm (Australia) will be working for SAVA... Last but not least, I will be working with Elyse (USA), Gica (Czech Republic), Katrin (Germany) and Nina (UK) for the Essar Foundation. We have two projects... Improve the quality of English language teaching in Government schools and help them to implement their own CSC Program!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-36139340260367478072013-08-12T11:08:00.000-07:002013-08-18T00:49:26.589-07:00The adventure begins in Jamnagar!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It's been only 2 days but it feels like weeks since we arrived in Jamnagar. So many things already happened, so many people I met, so many stories and adventures...<br />
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I'll start with the flight... Imagine that I was seated in the emergency exit and when I looked at the other side, the window had a tape! I don't even need to describe how the rest of the flight was... People who know me will understand what I've been through! <br />
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The arrival at the airport was another interesting experience... Unfortunately, I couldn't take any pictures since it was a military area.<br />
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In the afternoon we had to take care of some logistic issues as buying phone cards, exchange money and getting a liquor permission (very important in a dry state!)<br />
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Later that night we did a neighborhood tour and the highlight of the day was being approached by a group of children interested in knowing where we came from, what we were doing here, if we liked their city and that they were grateful for us being here.</div>
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My arrival in Mumbai could not have been better! Once I stepped out of the airport I saw a familiar face. Shruti was waiting for me with the driver to take me to the hotel. <br />
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After a long bath...the first contact with my group! A message from Malcolm asking me to meet with him, Claudia and Keith. Luckily, Nina arrived at the same time and we walked together! <br />
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My first impression of India was not as different as I thought. Although people told me about the chaotic traffic, cows walking down the streets and crazy taxi drivers, it's very funny to see it all live!<br />
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Lunch was great and I had my first Indian meal... chicken, vegetarian meatball and bread but all with a very different flavor and quite spicy!<br />
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After that, I slept the rest of the day and didn't have a chance to meet the others of the team... Anyway, tomorrow we will be all together to go to Jamnagar!<br />
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Paula Machadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14200075133599095019noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025686493745207045.post-52072914523605707032013-08-09T03:17:00.000-07:002013-08-09T03:17:20.308-07:00Arriving in India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After more than 20 hours of flight, I finally arrived in India! I already miss my family and friends but I'm sure this will be an amazing experience!</div>
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