Getting from Chennai, where the Semester at Sea ship was docked, all the way up north to Ranthambore was not the easiest of trips. But if you have the opportunity—and more so, the time—it’s worth every plane, train and bus ride. We rose at approximately stupid o’clock—that’s 3am (or 0300 if we’re following the ship’s [...]
Photo Friday: Tsaarbank, South Africa
October 28, 2011 By 26 Comments
Are you sick of South Africa yet? No? Good. It seems silly perhaps, but even though my first visit to South Africa was only 18 months ago, I’m pretty sure my blog has more posts dedicated to the country than any one place. But what can you do? It’s not my fault South Africa is [...]
Namaste, India
October 24, 2011 By 32 Comments
I have much to say about our all-too-brief six days in India with Semester at Sea—four of which were spent leading students on a fast-paced, accelerated tour of the country—but for now, we’re busily preparing to dock in Vietnam for six days in less than 12 hours. In the meantime, I thought I’d share with [...]
Photo Friday: Cape Peninsula, South Africa
October 21, 2011 By 36 Comments
After our extremely relaxing weekend on the West Coast, we returned to Cape Town, where I worked the following three days, pretty much from 6:30am until late afternoon daily, before going out somewhere delicious to eat each evening. (South Africa does a lot of things right, but at the very top of that list is [...]
Faster, Higher, Stronger
October 19, 2011 By 27 Comments
While we’re to the point of the Semester at Sea voyage where we’re docking every few days in a new country and things have gotten quite busy, that doesn’t mean activity aboard the M/V Explorer comes to a halt, not by any means. Most times after we return from a lengthy visit to a place, [...]
Mauritius in a Day
October 17, 2011 By 19 Comments
After South Africa, we had five days of smooth sailing across the Indian Ocean with Mauritius as the next destination. In past voyages, Semester at Sea had spent as many as four days on the island, but due to a myriad of reasons, we now only dock there for 12 hours. Let me tell you, [...]
By the Sea, By the Sea
October 12, 2011 By 32 Comments
When we picked Langebaan as our South African weekend destination, I didn’t honestly know what we’d do there. Strike that; my plans actually were twofold: to eat good food and catch up on so many nights of missed sleep. So the fact that the area might very well be one of the more beautiful places [...]
Photo Friday: Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts
October 7, 2011 By 22 Comments
Back in July after we left Cape Cod, we continued down the coast and used Providence, Rhode Island as our base for the last two nights of our New England vacation. Only we did zero exploring of Providence and, the next morning, made straight for the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard—after nearly missing it, that is, [...]
