Time is flying too fast! The third week is already over and we are leaving for our research work this weekend. Some are leaving tomorrow while other on Sunday. We are going to be out in our field for about three weeks. I am going to Esteli, which is the third largest city in Nicaragua.
On friday development students and spanish students had a school trip to León Viejo and Laguna del Tigre. León Viejo We arrived at León Viejo in our old American school bus with loud spanish music. The atmosphere was great and our driver was driving the bus like a fast running horse like always. León Viejo has been
The university we are studying at is called Universidad Nacional de San Martin, and has its main base at the outskirts of Buenos Aires. They also have a small base downtown (Sarmiento 1853) where we are studying! This base is recently renovated. It is on the 5th floor of the building, and consist four classrooms
I have chosen to study Spanish, literature and history! The other subjects you can choose from are Exphil. with environmental philosophy and CSR (1, 2 and 3). I am very happy with the subjects I have chosen, and I really could not ask for better professors. SPANISH In the beginning of the course you will
After last week’s unusually cold weather, the sun finally decided to come out! We’ve been soaking up the warm rays since Wednesday, and have been on An Bang beach as much as possible. The study center there is equipped with a house, several hammocks, beach chairs and everything you need to play volleyball, so it’s
DAY 10: SUNDAY MARKET Every Sunday there is a market on Mahatma Ghandi Road in Pondicherry. We learned this last Friday and decided to go because it was supposed to be much fun to go and look at the many wierd things that the locals are trying to sell at this market. I think we all
My name is Dana, I’m 23 years old, from Denmark, and I’m on the last year of my bachelors degree in Food Science at Copenhagen University. This is my first semester with Kulturstudier, and I choose Development studies in Vietnam because I plan to work with development countries in the future, and to do research
I am Mahira, a 20 years old girl from Norway. After studying Development studies in Vietnam, the urge to travel and experience new cultures increased. Development studies let you see the world with different perspectives. The study gives you a best of both worlds and has a way of letting you experience the diversity of
My name is Kirsten, and I’m a 22 years old girl from Denmark. I’m currently studying Peace and Conflict Studies in Pondicherry, India, as part of my bachelor’s in anthropology. When you study anthropology, you learn about different cultures, and how they shape the ways in which people experience and act on the world. After
It’s strange to think that I am writing from the other side of the world, a place far away from home. It has been about twelve days since I left Norway, about three months since I said goodbye to my precious Viet Nam, and now a whole week in León is over. Time flies when
