The thing about the Taj Mahal is that it’s one of those places that looks just like the photos. You know how when you visit some remote island on some unknown spot in the map that sounds more like He-Man’s home planet than it does an actual, legit place you can visit, and then you [...]

Even though a select few of us on the Semester at Sea trip through India never did see our tiger, Ranthambore National Park is bustling with other forms of wildlife that kept us satisfied. And the wildlife didn’t even wait until we drove through the park gates to prompt us to take out our cameras; [...]

Getting from Chennai, where the Semester at Sea ship was docked, all the way up north to Ranthambore was not the easiest of trips. But if you have the opportunity—and more so, the time—it’s worth every plane, train and bus ride. We rose at approximately stupid o’clock—that’s 3am (or 0300 if we’re following the ship’s [...]

Confession: I wasn’t particularly excited about visiting India. At the same time, I wasn’t unexcited to visit India. It was just…there. Another dot on the map (albeit a massive one), another stop on our Semester at Sea voyage. My feelings were lukewarm. I was more psyched to see countries like Vietnam and Japan for the [...]