Posted by Amanda Noah left this morning for his Beijing trip. We had breakfast together before he left. I'll see him again in a few days. In the meantime, I went out in Hong Kong with Carrie and Jenne. Jenne is the other person who works in the Campus Store with Noah. She's actually an American nurse who lives in New Zealand. Her mother is a faculty member on the ship. We went out into the mall located by the ship in search of an ATM. Along the way we fo...

Posted by Amanda Disneyland was great! The wait to get there was excruciating. First a bit of background about this leg of the voyage. We are docked in Hong Kong for two days. We sail to Shanghai for two days. Then we stay in Shanghai for two days. Almost everyone on the ship including Noah, all of the RDs, and the Director of Student Life are flying from Hong Kong to Beijing then on to Shanghai to meet the ship. There will be about 80 people on the voyage from ...

Posted by Amanda Just a short post to say that I'm finally a little homesick. That is in no way an indication that I am not having a good time. I've already updated my application with Semester at Sea to come back as soon as I can. But, we got a DVD from my mom of Bobby Flay challenging the owner of Auntie Em's in a cupcake cook-off. I'm so proud of my mom for figuring out how to record the show! If you are not familiar with this show, let me explain. Bobby Flay...