If wishes were horses

High-tone and fancy to-do

up at the International Centre. There are not usually this many scooters.

Welcome to Sendai!

In the lobby of the Dochuan Youth Hostel in Tomizawa.

Executive Decision

Apparently, someone decided that we need some new CD players...

Squish!

Cooperative musical chairs with 5th-graders.

sayonara

Half-done goodbye letters for elementary schools. (The other half is actually writing the letters.)

Kanji practice

Much easier on a blackboard than a piece of paper, for some reason.

rainy day

On Sale!

I asked, and apparently they're very popular.

Picnic

Bought and Paid For

I'm going home!!

The Caterpillar

Tohoku International School's "Alice in Wonderland."

In Japan, cake is an event.

Recycling Day

Old tea canisters.

Purge

The first large pile of things that will not be in my life eight weeks hence.

Aoba Matsuri

Black socks, they never get dirty...

You know your life is boring when you take photos of your laundry...

Packing continues...

Morning Recess

English Journal

217 / 336

So... Plan B?

Welcome to China

The Beijing airport is so very, very weird.

It only looks Photoshopped.

Rest Stop

Travellers are so predictable.

Farewell Present

Henna

Building a wall.

He is a mason, one of the few skilled labourers that ARV hires. He is 20. He is married with two kids.

Our job was to make sure he had enough cement and bricks.

Road in India

Jenn: Is this common? For all the traffic to be stopped by animals?

Ravi: Yes, of course. Every day. Road is for all.

Playing catch with Sai

Waiting for the work to start.

Work Site

The first of a number of increasingly unflattering photos, taken by small Indian fingers.