February 3, 2012
The Case for Skiing Lake Tahoe
While I had a blast at Snowcial in Tahoe last month, I’m still dreaming of days spent tearing down the slopes as my time on skis was...
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February 1, 2012
Japan Is Efficient, but Not Necessarily Easy
Somewhere in between China and sailing across the Pacific, we made a five-day stop in Japan. It was rainy, and we had booked a room in Kyoto,...
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January 30, 2012
Honduras Hurricane: What to Do When It Rains in Roatan
After Costa Rica, following a day cruising through the Panama Canal, our Semester at Sea voyage made one final stop before docking for good in...
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January 27, 2012
Photo Friday: Newport, Rhode Island
On the last day of our whirlwind tour of New England last summer, we drove the hour from Providence down to Newport. I’d done the same...
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January 23, 2012
R&R: What to Do in Costa Rica to Unwind
When we were headed toward Central America last month, we originally had planned a little weekend getaway with a handful of our ship friends...
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January 18, 2012
Sports and Haka Dances: Semester at Sea Intramurals
I grew up a very sporty kid. My parents had me in tee-ball and soccer before the age of 5—on boys’ teams because there was no such...
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January 16, 2012
Semester at Sea Extracurriculars: On-Ship Activities
Many of you have asked me aside from work (the staff) and classes (the students), what exactly does everyone do on board the Semester at Sea...
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January 13, 2012
Photo Friday: Monterrico, Guatemala
I never did much coverage of our 2008 trip to Guatemala, primarily because neither of us were wild about the destination. We found Antigua too...
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January 9, 2012
Murder in Cambodia: History of the Khmer Rouge
Rith was only six years old when he was taken from his parents and sent by the Khmer Rouge to the fields to work as a laborer. He wouldn’t...
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January 6, 2012
A Photo Tour of the Temples of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of when a Vietnamese army toppled the Khmer Rouge regime from the Cambodian capital, so I thought it fitting...
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