A Bus to Dharamsala

"A Bus to Dharamsala" was the first essay and only personal essay I began drafting while I was in India.  Because it has been around the longest, I've had lots of much needed drafting and work shopping done with it.  Major changes include changing characters, being more explicit about what I learned about myself on this journey, transitioning from past to present more clearly, adding more sensory detail, and fixing minor (but important) errors like calling Copernicus Copernicus and not CoPORNicus. 

Here are some important steps I made getting this essay to a polished state:

• My blog post talking about my first bus ride to Dharamsala which is what this is based on
• A first draft
• A third draft
• Feedback from Professor Bennion
• A blog post about my relationship with Patrick
• My Ghana blog

(Photo credit Audleyblog.com)