Hello outside world

Two months ago in the Burlington airport we were asked what we were most glad we packed. Some people said socks, others said water bottles, i said my Ipod. Now i realize just how right i was to say that. On our way to anywhere with the foundation students on a bus, they sing to EVERY song on the radio in very high pitched voices. Now at first i enjoyed this but, during the 2 hour ride to see an artificial glacier i cannot express how glad i was to have my Ipod with me . Because i want to be an engineer when i get older i am really interested in the Artificial Glaciers, mostly because it was just so simple, yet effective and that's the engineering ideal. When we arrived i was a little bit surprised by what i saw, there was a huge wall of stone and a small patch of white ice off to the right side. Now essentially the A.G is bunch of rocks piled in different ways to slow down the glacial melt water and allow it to freeze so it can be stored in winter and it can melt faster in summer. Everyone was so excited to go ice skating on the artificial glacier like last year but, when we looked over the retaining wall we were surprised to find that there was in fact no ice. at The entire reservoir was empty except for one small corner filled with snow. When we got over our initial disappointment we got a talk from "the Glacier man" tserang norfel(that's probably spelled totally wrong) he told us that above us was 2 more artificial glaciers and we were going to walk up and see them. At first i was excited, the scenery was beautiful with snow capped mountains and narrow valleys, and the artificial glacier was so cool. Now all this was really cool, but after an hour of straight up hill hiking i was too tired to worry about doing anything besides putting one foot in front of the other. When we finally reached the top, there was a very small patch of ice, maybe the size of a small pond back home and everyone started skating. It was a really cool experience, Mikey, Nick and Schuyler all tried to do tricks off this little hill of ice, sometimes succeeding other times failing, fairly humorously. At the end of the day we all left the day feeling happy, because the downhill walk was significantly easier then the uphill one and our stomachs were full of chapati and apricot jam. We boarded the bus and slowly started creeping down the hill we had just driven up. I put on my ipod thankful for the relaxing music in my head and fell asleep. Only to wake up several minutes later after hitting my head off the side of the bus while we drove over a rough section of road.

Bo Attley