From Brahma to Buddha, Fall 2008

Hi India Semester Students!

Below is information about how to get from your domestic flight into the New York City area to Cross Roads Camp and Retreat Center, the site of our Pre-Travel Orientation starting on September 12. We're aiming to have all of you meet up to catch the same train from Newark Penn Station. I strongly suggest (if you haven't booked your domestic flight yet) to fly into Newark (EWR) as transferring from there would be easiest. Second easiest would be Kennedy (JFK) and third LaGuardia (LGA). Please book your flights in the morning so you can meet at the Newark Penn Station train station to catch the 3 pm train to High Bridge, NJ (on the Raritan Valley Line).

Please let us know how you are getting to the retreat center on Friday September 12. You can email Tracy at tracy@global-lab.org with that information as soon as you know it.

For those of you who would like to drive to the center directly, please follow the directions from the retreat center's website.

If you're flying into Newark, make your way to Newark Penn Station where you will catch your train out to High Bridge, NJ on the Raritan Valley Line. You can purchase your ticket at Newark Liberty Airport, hop on the AirTrain, and arrive at Newark Penn Station to catch your train to High Bridge, NJ (the last stop). The train departs Newark Penn Station at 3:06 pm and arrives at High Bridge at 4:27 pm. A Global LAB staff member will meet you at the High Bridge station and help you transfer to the retreat center.

If you're flying in to JFK, you need to catch the A Express subway train from the airport to New York Penn Station where you will purchase your train ticket for High Bridge, NJ on the Raritan Valley Line. You'll want to catch the 2:32 pm Northeast Corridor (NEC) Line train to Newark Penn Station. There, you will switch lines and take the 3:06 pm train to High Bridge which arrives at 4:27 pm. A Global LAB staff member will meet you at the High Bridge station and help you transfer to the retreat center.

If you're flying in to LaGuardia, you can take a fairly short cab ride into New York Penn Station where you will purchase your train ticket for High Bridge, NJ on the Raritan Valley Line. You'll want to catch the 2:32 pm Northeast Corridor (NEC) Line train to Newark Penn Station. There, you will switch lines and take the 3:06 pm train to High Bridge which arrives at 4:27 pm. A Global LAB staff member will meet you at the High Bridge station and help you transfer to the retreat center.

Don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions you might have regarding this day full of travel before we all meet together at the retreat center!

More soon,

Tracy

Posted by Tracy at 12:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

A couple families have asked recently about the need or desirability of bringing cell phones or laptops to India and Morocco. Each program has a laptop which comes along and is kept by the leaders (but available to the students for blogging and sending photos). Each Global LAB leader also has a cell phone. We recommend that students do not bring along laptops or cell phones (or blackberries or anything along those lines). They are likely to get lost, broken or even stolen and computer labs and phone booth/stalls are widely available in most regions where our semester programs spend time.

If you have other questions do not hesitate to ask.

Michelle (Director of Admissions)
michelle@global-lab.org or 800 984 4522
PS- The CORE medical insurance program we provide for students is still working on upgrading its website-we'll have more information about that for students soon..

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Michelle Bos-Lun, Director of Admissions will be out of the office from
July 9- July 16.

If you have questions about preparing for your Global LAB Fall Semester
program you can contact Alex Safos (Director of North African and Middle
Eastern Programs for Global LAB) at alex@global-lab.org

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