Four days after departing Cape Town, we arrived at Port Louis, Mauritius for a brief visit. I woke up in time for pulling into port at sunrise around 6:20am and it was worth it. We pulled into the harbor surrounded by green lush mountains and a beautiful sunrise. Our stay in Mauritius was only for about 10 hours, and so we all knew that it would go by quickly. I went for a run with a bunch of students from the "in port running club" as soon as we co...

Only one day sailing between Namibia and Cape Town.... CAPE TOWN- Wednesday, Feb 18th Unfortunately it was extremely foggy when we pulled into Capetown, but soon after the fog lifted we were treated to just how beautiful the port city is. The wharf is right near downtown and sits in between the famous Table Mountain and Signal Hill. I was actually on port duty for the first time Wednesday, so I just stayed close and walked around the mall (right near the port...

So just two months ago I hadn't even heard of the country and thought it was called "nambia". And this past weekend, I had the opportunity to see and experience much of this beautiful south west African country for three days and two nights. I traveled in Namibia with Kate (LLC and my Spain travel friend) and Nathan (IT Coordinator) which was a nice and small group (and a needed break from students!). It worked out well as we were all flexible and po...

Last night the students of color group that I advise sponsored a program called "The Middle Passage". It refers to the forced transportation of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean. We happened to be granted the prime time (explorer's seminar slot) and location (the union) which for many of the students in the group were hoping to have a chance to create some awareness in the greater shipboard community (outside of our students of color group of abo...

so we're enroute to namibia. we've been sailing for about 6 days, and a couple more to go before we arrive in namibia.it took my body about a day to readjust to the ship as we have a very choppy departure from casablanca. our student life team jumped right back into work and building up this student community.i organized a game of mafia with my residents =). we played a couple times and they got pretty into it. we have coined the large nook in our hallway our...