Day 3: 13 April 2010 After sleeping in until 8PM I forced myself up some stairs to the 5th deck dining room and did some more shoveling of French toast into the chute. Carson's friend Katie missed her bus, and therefore trip, that morning so she joined our wondering group for the day. We finished eating, got ready to go exploring [which basically means put on clean glorified pajamas instead of the ones we had slept in], and then waited outside of the ship for th...

Day 2 - 12 April 2010 My love for waking up before 7AM, being on a bus for long periods of time, and sweating from every pore I can find [including my knees] were all satisfied - Thank you Ghana. I got up at 617AM, went to breakfast [pancakes, not French toast], grabbed my counterpart [Carson], and headed to where the bus would be if it was there on time. We got in about 713AM and headed out for our drive that we were told would take 4 or 5 or 6 hours. It really...

Day 1: Sunday - 11 April 2010 I have such an intense respect for Africa in general, or for what I have learned of it since I began Semester at Sea. It is beautiful, welcoming, eye-opening, and doesn't involve face to face immigration or diplomatic briefings! I was up and at breakfast at 8am with Renae shoving my face full of French toast and happiness. I came back to the room, showered, and was told by the annoying lady on the speaker that the ship had been clea...