I'm going around the world!!

Eeek! I have some very exciting news and now I can make it public. My partner and I both get to travel around the world next year! We'll be working for Semester at Sea for four months and traveling to 11 countries. Some of you may remember that I worked for them in 2005 and, in fact, was the whole reason I started this blog. Scroll back to those early posts to read all about that voyage.

view from ship of sunset near Russia, 2005

If you are not familiar with Semester at Sea, let me fill you in. Basically, they have taken a cruise ship and converted it to a college campus complete with a library, computer labs, student union, classrooms, faculty, staff, deans, etc. While we are at sea, classes are in session and things move along like any college (well sort of), but then when we are in port (usually 2-6 days) everyone is free to travel and explore on their own. There are some optional coordinated field trips so you can be a part of a group if you'd like, but most of the time we get to explore on our own. It's all very cool. There will be about 800 students and an assortment of faculty and staff.

During the voyage I'll be a Living Learning Coordinator and also the Career Development Specialist for the students. We leave in early January and return at the end of April. Here is our itinerary:

• Nassau, Bahamas
• Roseau, Dominica
• Manaus, Brazil
• Takoradi, Ghana
• Cape Town, South Africa
• Port Louis, Mauritius
• Chennai, India
• Singapore
• Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
• Hong Kong/Shanghai, China
• Kobe/Yokohama, Japan
• Hilo, Hawaii
• San Diego, CA USA

If you've been to any of these places and have travel advice I'd love to hear suggestions. Personal stories are always better than travel guides. If you'll be in any of these places let us know - perhaps we can meet up (hey, you never know).

During the voyage I'll be posting stories, updates, and photos here on this blog. To get an email when I've posted you can "follow" the blog by joining on the right.

Bon voyage!! (well, not until January)

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