We're quite the celebrities here at the Royal University of Bhutan, where we've been staying for the past 10 days.  We're hanging out, eating, and living with students.  It has really been interesting to not only see the cultural differences here, but the differences in administration and education systems too.  We've been interviewed by almost all media sources in the country and we've been swamped with requests for dates too!  It has been really hilarious. We're also wearing the traditional Bhutanese dress (ghos for men and khiras for women).  I think my lower ribs are getting smaller due to these tight belts we have to wear everyday!
 
Check out these links:
 
Kuensel Newspaper (I was interviewed and mentioned in an article)
Jacqueline Bovaird (this is a friend who's on the program with us.  she's a photo student at NYU.  keep checking out her photos of Dharamsala and Bhutan as she posts them)
 
Tomorrow we start to head back west again.  Friday-Sunday we're going to backpack through a mountain pass.
 
I've got to run and work on my research proposal (it was due this morning!). 
 
Love to you all, Carolyn