On the day after Mauritius, October 5, 2011, the ship hosted the 107th sea Olympics, they do this on every voyage. Sea Olympics is a day where each sea (each area or section of cabins is part of a sea, I am part of the Yellow Sea) compete in a series of activities and cheers….
Category: wanderlust
My 12 Hours in Mauritius
I woke up bright and early and waited at the gangway at around 5:30, 30 minutes before the let out time of 6AM. My friend and I were going to head into town and just wander about Port Louis for a couple of hours before I had to return to the ship to head out…
Voyage update
Hi All, Before I post an update on Mauritius, which by the way is a very beautiful island, I just wanted to give you an update on our trip around the world. So the Treasury Department has not yet granted us our license to go to Cuba, they have not denied it nor have they…
Mauritius
Hi All! We are currently docked in Mauritius!! How surreal! Sadly we are not allowed to get off until 6AM tomorrow morning. We sped up and arrived early because a passenger, who happens to be my “dad” in my extended family, had a non-life-threatening medical emergency. He has a detached retina, and cannot really see…
Archbishop Desmund Tutu
I grabbed my seat at around 4:45pm, the Mr. Desmund Tutu, as he is now called since his retirement, was set to arrive at 6pm. By 5:30pm the Union was packed and bustling. Then at 6:05pm he walked in. He is a very cute old man, and there was so much joy and purity in…
Safari to Kapama, Cape Town Days 4-6
On my last three days in South Africa I went on a safari to a private game reserve in the Kruger National Park area, the reserve is called Kapama Game Reserve. It contains 4 separate lodges and a spa. It covers around 13,000 hectares, but it has expanded since it opened. A small group of…
Cape Town Day 3
Hi All, Sorry for my really slow updates these days. The work has been kind of piling up on the ship and the past few days has been really busy with activities, meetings and homework! Ok, back to South Africa. Whale Watching. On my third day in South Africa I went whale watching. We left…
Cape Town Day 2
On the second day I did a trip called Footsteps to Freedom and Streetwires. It was a 2.5 hours walking tour of Cape Town, and our guide informed us of the history of South Africa as we went. He split it into 4 parts, the time before westerners arrived, the Dutch, The British and Apartheid….
Cape Town Day 1
Cape Town was most definitely a nice change from the previous two ports. It was a passenger port, and it was safe enough to walk alone at night to and from the mall and nearby restaurants. We no longer had to take 20 minute shuttles to the entrance of the industrial ports. And it was…
Some photos of Morocco and Las Palmas
Hi All, [Featured image]: Our ship refueling at Las Palmas Island, Spain, couldnt get off but could see the sunshine coast. I finally have some decent internet, thanks to the Kapama Lodge! I will upload some photos from Morocco and our refueling stop in Las Palmas, Canary Islands, these arent all of the photos, but…
RAINBOW NATION!
Hi All, We have just docked in Cape Town, South Africa!!! [Featured Image]: Sunrise as we pulled into port. Our first port where there are no containers or cranes, rather a nice hotel right outside our ship with a nice water front!! it has been around 9.5 years since the one and only time I…
Neptune Day
Hi All! We have crossed the prime meridien, the equator and are due course to Cape Town, South Africa! Two days ago, Sepetember 17, 2011, was Neptune Day for us. This is the day we crossed the Equator and according to Maritime traditions or Semester at Sea traditions I am not entirely sure which one,…
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