Wow!

Wow! I've been out of town a lot in October. First up was our Week Without Walls (I'm just now noticing that this does not spell Wow, as everyone calls it.) We took the students up to a beautiful valley outside the Indian town of Rishikesh. Lots of playing in the river,

getting creeped out by giant insects,

and an all-day hike upstream

I was fortunate enough to be with very awesome chaperones. Here are Liz and Kim, two of my co-workers. When we arrived back in Delhi, I already missed them.

This beautiful waterfall served as a rappelling course.

which was no match for me. Just kidding, I totally lost my footing and swung like a pendulum out into the waterfall. But it was fun and safe.
I also led an art activity, wherein students each had to create a work of art using natural resources from a stream. Knowing very little about art, I just mimicked the positive comments I hear on Project Runway. The students were actually very creative and inventive. Here was my favorite, a little temple fashioned from sticks, rocks and a mushroom.

The last day we did a huge hike (by middle school standards) and stopped at a farm (I refrained from posting about 20+ adorable baby animal photos), a school and another awesome waterfall. Overall a great week getting to know co-workers and students better, and having fun!