"The Pacific Rim/Asia Study Travel Program is a nine-month study abroad through the University of Puget Sound under the stewardship of the Asian Studies Program. Meticulously organized only once every three years and spanning the worlds largest and most populous continent, it requires a great deal of preparation, independence, flexibility, and commitment from the students involved. The program itself has evolved; each trip has had different itineraries, from the first trip in 1970 to Fiji, New Zealand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal, India, and Iran to the current one which includes Mongolia, China, Japan, Vietnam, Cambodia, and India." - http://sites.google.com/site/upspacrim/