In the middle of the sea somewhere & Mauritius

As we traveled from country to country our ‘studious’ days at sea are broken up by a few days of fun. The biggest of which are Sea Olympics and Neptune Day. Semester at Sea is very similar to camp in the sense that there is always a bit of friendly competition. Sea Olympics I think I may…

India: The Colorful Country

Considering how Seema taking me to get my eyebrows threaded was the extent of my exposure to Indian culture, I was really unsure of what to expect from this massive country. The library flooding with requests for Slumdog Millionaire and Bollywood films definitely didn’t help either. The Indian inter-port students kept referring to India as the…

Myanmar the Smiley Country!

Myanmar was surreal. For those of you who don’t know where or what Myanmar/Burma is (don’t worry I didn’t either before this trip), I encourage you to look it up. It is the most fascinating and happy place I have ever been in my life. The country has been experiencing a great deal of governmental…