Author: hsousapardinholone@rollins.edu

This is my post-reflection blog post after my study abroad in Bali and Java in Indonesia. The program was cut shorts about 2 weeks because of Mt. Agung (volcano) erupting in Bali (sad, sad). I am still trying to process these last few months for me. The best words to describe them (although I can…

These last few weeks have been intense and busy in Indonesia for me. I have had to study and take final exams and presentations for three of the classes I have been taking here. Now, an important and completely different phase of my study abroad experience officially starts. For the month of November, I will…

All Things Javanese I have been in Indonesia now for a month and a half. I have lived through so much in such short weeks, especially these last two. I left Bali (where my main program site is) to spend 3 weeks in another island, Java. Java is an hour and a half flight from…

Om Swastiastu! I have been in Indonesia now for exactly 3 weeks… It definitely feels like much more, like a lifetime! From trying to balance the readings and lectures I’ve had about the arts, religion, and social change in Indonesia thus far, to the exploring of temples, traditional ceremonies, and discovering the best and most…

Hello! My name is Haliny, I am a senior at Rollins and I study Philosophy and Latin American and Caribbean Studies. I am currently waiting at the airport of my home country (Brazil) to board to Bali, Indonesia for my semester abroad! I am very excited for this experience, Indonesia has been on the top…