After writing that entry I went home, and on the way out to the edge of campus to catch a bus home (Andrew came with me to pick up his bike) we spontaneously decided to climb the water tower!! The water tower on campus is an old structure which it is quite exciting, and by exciting I mean dangerous, to climb. The steps are inside but they are just a skeleton of a stair case that goes straight up the inside of the the tower, with no sides (there's empty air on both sides of you as you climb) and only one small rusty railing to cling to on the left side. Then, when you've climbed this (it's pretty high at the top so it's difficult to not feel dizzy even if you're not scared of heights), there's another, even scarier ladder that goes all the way up to the top that's inside the place where the water is itself...so this ladder is swaying and threatening to come loose and the air is humid and dank from the water, but then....when you finally get to the top....BREATHTAKING VIEWS. It's incredible. One of the best spots on campus. : ) A scenery worth dying for : )
Amazing.
In the spirit of scenery, here's a great snap takenfrom the CIEE excursion to Bangalore. I'm on the far right, in the white t-shirt. We had just climbed up a HUGE flight of stairs to reach the top where an enormous statue of a deity whose name I no longer remember awaited us. But this view was better, and the picture doesn't do it justice.
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