Friday 3/23: MV Explorer “…it’s better at Sea…” I’m not sure if you have all realized that for the next 5 weeks, I’ll be in a different country EVERY WEEK! How crazy is that? That’s my kind of traveling! It’s funny how sometimes I don’t realize how amazing this trip really is, yet other times it hits me and I just have to say, “Wow, am I seriously doing this?” I don’t know how I&r...

As far as India goes…I plan on shopping and walking around Chennai on the first day. That evening, we have a welcome reception at a local university. On the second day, I leave at 11am to go on my homestay with one other person. I’ll be with the Indian family until 11am on the second to last day we’re there. Between the time I get back and the last day, I’m going to Mother Teresa’s orphanage to volunteer and do service work and Ali...

Hi there…I got my Sale 2 trips back today…I got all but one of the things I signed up for. I didn’t get the Japanese home visit, which is a bummer. The sales will be charged early in the morning on March 26th. In Malaysia, all of us got the Welcome Reception and Shadow Puppet Performance ($30). We’re going to the Universiti Sains Malaysia where we will enjoy local snacks while we talk with students and see a shadow puppet performance. Al...

Hello --- just wanted to let you know that I’m in the middle of the ocean, but I’m still alive! We turned our clocks forward last night so we’re 9 hours ahead now. I’ve been having diarrhea since we left Mauritius…it’s not terrible or anything, but I go at least 3-4 times a day…I’ll wait it out another day and then maybe take some ammodium I guess. I certainly don’t want to have diarrhea in India! No tests o...

Tuesday 3/6: Cape Town, South Africa I went to bed last night around 1ish and had to leave for my township tour at 8am this morning. Ugh! I was totally sleep deprived from the safari, so getting 6ish hours of sleep just wasn’t good for me. BUT, the township tour was THE BEST. It was my favorite SAS trip by far. I thought the day at the circus in Salvador was pretty darn amazing, but this was just unbelievable! The townships in SA are basically slums ...