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Hi,
I’m Briony and I’m living in Pune for two months working with slum children and teaching them English. I am then then going to New Delhi to work in the community hospital for a month. I decided to take a gap year before starting university to experience different customs and to live in a culture so very different to my own.
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Arrival in Mumbai felt so strange! I was so tired and scared, but so excited at the same time.
I was met at the airport and taken to the train station. The train
journey was so scary but exciting; I was so sleepy but didn’t want to
sleep. There was a guard who constantly shouted Chai, Coffee and I even
heard him shout baked beans!
When I arrived at Pune station I really didn’t know what to expect but Suvarna (the Pune rep) was waiting for me.
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I would truly recommend a visit to Goa. The beaches are idyllic and the
sea is so warm. Alex, Izzy, Paddy and I went for three days and it
really wasn’t enough. We could have all stayed for over a week! We went
to some wonderful places to eat and all ate loads of seafood. We even
went to a boat trip and saw dolphins!
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This past weekend Paddy and I we fortunate enough to be invited to a
Hindu wedding! On Friday the women had henna on their hands. It was so
beautiful but it took ages to apply and I had to keep it on for hours!
On Saturday I went to Suvarna's at 4pm and my hair needed to be done!
Over the course of the wedding I wore three different outfits and it so
lucky that Pappy (Suvarna’s daughter) and I are the sam
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On friday afternoon Pady and I met and took the train from Pune to
Mumbai. It was a four hour train journey but we were in the AC carriage
and it was very comfortable. At the station we met one of our friends
who we have made whilst living here in Pune and we all took a taxi to
our hotel. I was a bit worried about the hotel as they didnt take my
name when I rang up to book it they just said that it would be
fine..
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