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Joe Mitchell, Indian adventurer »
Independence Day, Swine Flu, Fishermen and Football
Posted on 1:51pm Tuesday 25th August 2009
Been a while since my last blog and quite a lot has happened in the time elapsed…
Joe Mitchell, Indian adventurer »
One month in
Posted on 6:26pm Monday 3rd August 2009
So it’s been nearly a month since I arrived in India, and I think I am beginning to settle into life here. I’d like to say I’m picking up the lingo… and it’s not like the children here aren’t eager to teach me, it’s just I’m very bad at languages anyway. My failure to remember what they teach me is met with grave faces of disappointment. I find their names hard enough to remember anyway.
Joe Mitchell, Indian adventurer »
'The start of things to come...
Posted on 2:11pm Monday 20th July 2009
So the orientation week came to a close and the seven of us volunteers went off in our different directions into India. The week in Pondi finished with visits to various Indian NGOs, including the Anul Ashram, an HIV/Aids orphanage looked after by Father Dominic – by far the most interesting person I have ever met. He told us the history of the Ashram, and his past volunteering experience (as well as the odd anecdote involving Mother Teresa!).
Joe Mitchell, Indian adventurer »
First week in India!
Posted on 6:02pm Tuesday 7th July 2009
Over the next 5 months I will be ‘touring’ India. I write this from a heavily air conditioned internet café on Mahatma Gandhi high street in Pondicherry (Pondi) in South East India. I flew into Chennai (250kms north of Pondi) from London, where I spent 1 day before heading south to Pondicherry.
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My name is Joe Mitchell. I'm 23 and have lived in Hove for the past 13 years. After graduating from the University of Birmingham in 2008, I have, like many other graduates, struggled to find the right sort of job. This summer I have escaped to India until the UK economy sorts itself out. I will be traveling around the majority of India, taking part in various volunteer projects, and plan on keeping a blog of what happens to me!
