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  1. \"13164469_10208020070917224_5933749899794861665_n\"<\/a>Don’t take a hair dryer (you can request to borrow from the hotel)… also don’t take flat irons for your hair!<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Be sure your suitcase is around 35 pounds (not 50) in case you need to fly within India.<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Bring patience, openness, flexibility, strong legs and lungs, a desire to learn, and generous spirit.<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Spend quality time picking the mind of your tour director! Good learners ask many questions.<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Have the tour director from the country you are visiting teach you some of the local language with which to communicate with others.<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Ensure that all the money you want to exchange (rupees to dollars) has a date on the back in the center. If not, the money will not be exchanged upon your return to America.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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