43 miles
24 hours of travel =
1 Day off from running
4 nights in Dubai
3 nights in New
Delhi
So with the launch
of every term, I always try to see one other country since I'm paying all of
this money to fly all the way across the world for school. This time around, I was fortunate enough to
have a trip planned for me and 25 of my classmates to visit Dubai. Sara and her husband were kind and gracious
enough to put together a full itinerary of two days full of fun: dune bashing and riding a yacht! I kicked off the trip with a nice run in the
morning with Katie and Claire around the marina, where tons of stay-at-home
moms from an assortment of countries were walking their babies in really fancy
strollers. Dubai features a diverse mix
of people, with some women wearing the traditional hijabs and others wearing
European styles. I was completely fine
running in a sports bra and shorts and I don't believe I offended anyone. Dubai is a place where the East meets the
West, and where the Sheikh has made tremendous progress bringing wealth and
prosperity to a tiny country. It was
eye-opening to be in a country in the middle east and see so much success. All of my runs in Dubai were hot and I
eventually got a sore throat and cold from the cigarette smoke. Other than that, I really enjoyed my time
there.
The fun eventually
had to come to an end, so my classmates and I packed up our things (including
our books and laptops) and hopped on another plane to Delhi. For the first two days, we didn't have as
many activities planned just in case some students had difficulty arriving from
flight delays. We participated in a
rickshaw tour, attended a welcome party where we got to dance to traditional
Indian music and kicked off our fourth
term with new professors. Overall the
food was absolutely amazing and the people were so nice and inclusive!
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| Group in Dubai! |
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| Claire, Katie and me after dune bashing in dubai desert |
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| Burj Kalifa - tallest building in the world! |
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| Dubai from the yacht |
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| Pre-reading period on the yacht |
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| jumping off a boat is always better holding hands |
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| ready for the rickshaw tour |
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| walking through old delhi was the highlight of my trip in Delhi! |
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| the welcome dinner to delhi |
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| Before Kris and I decided to hop off and walk through Old Delhi |
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