This photo was also taken at Festival del Sur during the Hula presentation. 
This photo was taken at the end of Festival del Sur as the Bollywood dancers take a bow. Date: April 25, 2010
This photo was taken in Pantenal Nicaragua as Global College students spent the morning doing activities with the children of the community. Date: April 8. 2010
This photo was taken in Nicaragua as students spent the day enjoying a volcanically heated lagoon. Date: April 14, 2010
A road disappears into a lake...this could be a metaphor for CRC. Turkey
Walking through land of Fairy Chimneys- Cappadochia, Turkey
Entertaining ourselves like locals do-- tea and card-games. Turkey
CRC students exploring ruins from the time of the Romans, in eastern Turkey.
People turn the prayer wheels in Dharamshala. 
More members of the Pardhi.
Sabavita (left) and Kalavati (right), both belong to the Pardhi tribe, which have been fighting for their survival since India was colonized in the 1800's. They're ancestors were originally freedom fighters against the British and the Empire in turn labeled them as criminals under the caste system. The police still convict them of any crime that is committed in the region, Madhya Pradesh. These two women were sexually abused and electrocuted for no reason, where they stand in front of their school in this photo. 
This is a portrait of a man named, Lhasang Tsering, who is a retired Tibetan activist. He was one of the first Tibetan children brought into Dharamshala and he is also the first Tibetan to speak against the Dalai Llama and his decision for Tibet to become an autonomous in China's hands.
This photo of Masha Diminsky was taken in Guanacaste during Semana Santa. I love this picture because it totally emphases Global College in so many ways.
This photo was taken in Nicaragua. The indigenous seminar class was leaving of our activities late at night and this is the picture I took on the way back to Granada in the bus.
This photo shows Lilley Mitchell with a little girl. We were in a community where people in extreme poverty were waiting to have their homes built as part of an effort by international organizations to help people in poverty. That little girl was so cute. I feel like I really captured the emotion in this picture.
This photo was taken in Granada. We walked on this street a lot during out two week stay. It was very touristy and there were people, especially children begging for money everywhere.
A small white dog stretches out on a rooftop below drying clothes and the Himalayan mountains in Dharmasala. Image captured by Sophie Kirpan on January 22nd, 2010 during the India portion of CRC.
Bicycles are a common form of transportation in India, as seen here in Varanasi, a sleek antique bike awaits her rider outside of a cafe. Image captured by Sophie Kirpan on January 9th, 2010 during the India portion of CRC.
Students dress the part to learn about the act of spinning, preformed by whirling dervishes while staying in central Turkey to learn about Sufism. Image captured by Sophie Kirpan on April 10th, 2010 during the Turkey portion of CRC.
'Santhe' is a weekly farmer's market where producers can escape the middle men of grocery stores and sell their products at a reasonable price directly to the city and village consumers. Our class visited one morning to understand food politics in the expanding city of Bangalore, and to buy some fresh vegetables! By Sandra Martin, February 2010.
What better way to understand a holiday than to take part in the festivities? India Center staff Achutan shows the students how to set off fire crackers and sparklers for the noisy and bright Diwali, the Festival of Lights. By Sandra Martin, October 2009.
Student Anna Vreeland gets to try some block printing with a master of the traditional art in Jaipur. Although most of the fabrics now are printed en masse with screens and chemical dyes, some family companies carry on the high quality art form of using block stamps to press the natural dyes into the fabric in several layers. It takes time, but the end result is worth the work. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
An important part of experiential learning is visiting historical monuments to get the feel of a culture's architecture, art, and values. Adam Brooks takes of picture of Mughal Emperor Akbar's stunning tomb in Northern India. By Sandra Martin, November 2009.
