How I did it: I have wanted to travel to India since I saw the movie "A Little Princess" when I was 7 years old.  I remember going and buying saris and would insist going everywhere in one.  I thought the idea of India was completely entrancing.  Then, after I finished school, my parents bought me a ticket over there and I, in the previous year, had saved up for everything else.  I went with a volunteer program, with 3 other Australian girls and stayed at an amazing volunteer apartment with Channel Youth, in Udaipur.  I stayed there for about 4 months and desperately wish to return to my "Indian family" with the "sisters" that I gained there.  Truly amazing, and definitely life changing.  I fell in love with India.

Lessons & tips: Just do it (nike tick!) haha.  Be wild, be free.  But don't do it the "tourist" way.  Be a local, and immerse yourself.

Resources: The things that I would take to India if I did it again that I didn't take over there:
-Baby wipes
-Dental floss
-My soul mate :)
-More money

Look up Channel Youth.  A great organisation.

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