The thing I was most nervous about on the plane here was meeting my host family. I wanted to fit in to their family life whilst also representing myself as someone from a different culture well. When I arrived, Vijaya was on the drive talking to a young man. I shook her hand and introduced myself, then Rodger and Jack, the boys I'm living with, came out and started trying to move my very heavy case. I then saw Catrin, who I'd been emailing for a few weeks, so it was nice to see someone who was slightly familiar even though I'd not met her before! The other gappers and I sat on the seats in the hall with Vijaya.

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, Bangalore , India

I'm now hoping to go away as many weekends as possible so I can see lots of different parts of India. I think it's hard for someone from a country as small as England to understand how much diversity somewhere like India has until you actually go there and see how different each place is. The driver we got was lovely and took us to a nice but cheap hotel. He then came back for us later and showed us around Fort Cochin.

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, Bangalore , India

Going to the school was an eye-opening and quite humbling experience. We met the non-teaching staff and spent a lot of time with Rohini. Hearing how passionate she is about the children and the values of the school was wonderful, and the presentation she showed us made me almost cry. As somebody coming from a developed country where education is expected by all, it's so difficult to accept that some children just don't have those opportunities.

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, Bangalore , India