Some of the most fun SVV and I had during our Semester at Sea voyage was getting wardrobes custom-made in Vietnam. That should come as no surprise, as I sort of love clothes, not to mention worked in retail in college and at a fashion magazine later in life, but up until two  years ago, [...]

After the spa, I quickly went back to the ship, where I met SVV, showered and changed as there were still many more evening social engagements to attend, namely Work Study Appreciation Day! We have four awesome work study students who hail from California, Colorado, New Mexico and Connecticut, and our friends in the admin [...]

We had planned to stop over in Ho Chi Minh for a couple days on the way back from our honeymoon last year. That plan was thwarted. (Side note: While you can get a visa upon arrival, you actually have to organize that in advance…usually. It seems to vary per traveler. We learned our lesson [...]