MOST INTERESTING PLACE I'VE BEEN

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

There is a part of me that still thinks this isn't real and it didn't really happen but, in 2013 for the first time I traveled to a different continent. I'm really into travel so obviously this is something that I'd thought about a lot but when the opportunity came up when I was a senior in high school I brushed it off for weeks thinking "no way my parents would pay for that". It wasn't until I had actually talked to my mom that I felt stupid for brushing it off because she didn't freak out at the price or dismiss the idea outright like I had. She simply said "wow, really? That's an incredible opportunity. I'll talk to your dad about it." Before I knew it I was attending the meetings, being given itineraries and boarding my first long haul flight. My school had organized a trip with a charity for 20 students to volunteer in Uganda for two weeks. We did stuff like build desks for local school children, deliver kits filled with things like mosquito nets to families in need, and visit a baby orphanage. It was incredible to see and connect with people leading completely different lives on a drastically different continent. So I thought I'd share a few photos from my trip.