Follow Semester at Sea Spring 2011

My first time in Morocco! - Morocco surprised me! I wasn't expecting the people to be so diverse and the food was SO good. I spent time in Casablanca, Rabat, and Marrakech. Day trips...

#755 Hadron Supercollider of Oklahoma - Forty years ago in June 1979 with a newly printed computer science degree in hand, I landed in Oklahoma. It's odd to think about it now but Oklahoma had on...

Atticus Yoga’s Limited Edition Red Mesh Yoga Leggings - When you look for a good pair of leggings for your yoga sessions, you want to find the best all for a fair price. These limited time offer Red Mesh Legging...

We heart NY - Note: I began writing this post late September 2014. Vivian just proofed the draft and photos tonight and has given me permission to publish! A month ago t...

"...do more of what brings you joy" - On the eve of my 36th birthday, I find my mind & spirit consumed by the suggestion ... "... do more of what brings you joy" and I say, Hell Yeah! Let's...

Journal Entry from Monday's Alumni Event - *On January 5th, 2015 I attended a "Rock the Dock" alumni event in San Diego. The MV Explorer is parting ways with the Semester at Sea program and being so...

almost 6 months home - okay, so traditionally I have done an “I’ve been home 6 months!” recap of my adventures abroad, but right now I’m feeling a lot of things about my time i...

Good morning Vietnam! - [Disclaimer: So, although I didn't get the chance to finish blogging about SAS in real time - 2 years later I am finally posting this piece that I actuall...

A Day in San Diego - Our last day brought us to San Diego in time for a beautiful sunrise. We left the ship and spent the day walking along the water looking at the boats and e...

- Hi everyone! We are alive and well, now. Had a bit of food poisoning in Nassau and confined to cabin for 3 days but much better now. Probably won't be w...

Address for interview at 12pm tomorrow - 221 S Figueroa Street ( suite 500 5th floor) Los Angeles, CA 90012 Make a right onto Figueroa Street off of 2nd street and the building is on the 2nd and F...

We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families - "At Nyarubuye, tiny skulls of children were scattered here and there, and from a nearby schoolyard the voices of their former classmates at recess carrie...

New directions – Cheryl’s volcano blog now active - Hi everyone! Now that our travels are over, I’m starting a Volcano Video blog. Here I’ll write about any lava adventures we may have (yesterday, for examp...

A Day In Singapore - On Wednesday March 16, we arrived in Singapore. It was immediately evident that we were in a truly advanced nation. The unique architecture and stunning st...

-Thank You Video- - Click Link below to view video: Sticker Donations Thank You Video

Reflections on being "from" the U.S. - I’ve never had a sense of nationality before. Now when I pass by an American Flag, I get a sense of comfort. I didn’t realize how easy it was to take our...

SPECIAL DINNER Thursday, March 24th - We had a very special treat in the form of a special dinner given to us by our dear friend Karen. While on our four-day trip in India Tom and I helped Kare...

Taiwan On - What a successful plan B! A good portion of students were skeptical, thinking Taiwan was a significant downgrade from famed Japan. Just more China right? N...

Sweet Home USA - After packing all of our clothes, souvenirs and books from the past 3.5 months, we took our suitcases to the fourth deck where the crew piled our luggage o...

Taiwan - “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware” ~Martin Buber Taiwan was a source of a lot of mixed emotions for ever...

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Some of the People I Encountered During Our Voyage..... - As we come to the end of our incredible journey, I want to add one last entry to our blog showing some of the people we encountered during our voyage as we...

- Day 97 Last night we were thinking of a way to get to the other side of Hilo. We had heard that if you are 21, you are allowed to rent a car; there will ...

China Time :) - China China China!!!!! Day 1: As we pulled into Hong Kong my excitement heightened. I could see this beautiful, developed, skyscraper, vivid colored city r...

Aloha! Almost Back Home - We reluctantly left Asia and began our Pacific crossing from Taiwan to Hawaii, a journey that would last 11 days. What a culture shock after so many ports...

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A bit of India - I know I've been WAY slacking on my blog- but I have a ton of work to be getting done right now. This is a travel writing piece I did on India- I figure...

Taipei, Taiwan - Okay. Taiwan. I’m not even excited to write this blog. Going in I had a bad attitude just because it wasn’t Japan. I wasn’t excited at all to go there a...

Saturday March 26th 2011-Hong Kongien experience - Hong Kong! Currency exchange $1US=$8 Hong Kong Dollars(HKD) Probly the most impressive city I have ever seen in my life. We pulled into port on a foggy...

India 2 - “You cannot describe it to anyone, you have to go there and feel it. Which makes Kashi the most holliest grounds in the Hindu world. Every Hindu is suppose...

One degree of separation in Taiwan - I decided that it would be best to start from today and work backwards on my blog, as this will probably be the only way the in between might get filled in...

Vietnam - Vietnam March 25, 2011 We arrived into the port later than normal because of the tide. We got to the port around 11 in the morning. We went up the Saigon Ri...

Port Louis, Mauritius and Chennai, India - Hey everyone! I am indeed posting two blog posts close together, the first I wrote right after South Africa but didnt have the means to post it. Anyway we l...

South Africa!!! - Okay, so I realize I have not blogged in a long time. I am sorry. But here is my South Africa blog. India will be next with a few comments about Mauritiu...

BRASIL - Brazil was a port filled with many ups and downs, but I will save those moments for later. The voyage that I am on is the first SAS voyage to ev...

Dominica to Brazil - We entered the mouth of the Amazon River yesterday, an amazing 200 miles wide...yep that's a river. We've got two days until we reach Manaus, Brazil. We ar...

Hectic Day with a silver lining. - I think I've been running on a total of six hours of sleep between two days. I haven't posted much on this blog but I copy and pasted from my tumblr (cup...

- Mauritian Mosque Mauritius!

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