Today we led a Semester at Sea catamaran and snorkeling trip. We had a very peaceful day. Our group rented 4 catamarans; we had some of our faculty and Life Long Learners as well as a few students on our catamaran. We drove south about 45 minutes to Little Black River Bay. First, we did some dolphin watching. Next, we snorkeled and then we had a great lunch of grilled swordfish and chicken - YUM! It was a nice change of pace and a great opportunity to decompress ...

Yesterday when we arrived we didn't have any set plan for the day. We got a guidebook from the Field Office and set out into Port Louis, not really knowing what we were going to do. To get to Port Louis we had to take a water taxi; it was interesting. It was another one of those times where you cram way too many people on a tiny little local boat. First we visited the markets where you can buy beautiful fruits and vegetables. Well, we can't buy them because we c...

Mauritius is the only known habitat of the now extinct dodo bird. Yep, that is where we are going next: Port Louis, Mauritius. We have one more day until we get there - YEAH!!! We have had a nice journey from Cape Town so far. The first nights were VERY rocky as we entered the area where the Atlantic and Indian Oceans begin to mix. Then, we ran into a storm, so there was one day where no one could go outside at all, even though it was beautiful. It was really wi...