HAPPY NEPTUNE DAY! I have officially been to all 4 hemispheres of the world! I am also officially a Shellback and no longer a Pollywog. What does that mean, you might ask? Well I cannot Google things without paying for it, so I can't tell you, but I am pretty sure it has something to do with being a professional world traveler by ship. We crossed the equator yesterday at 241AM and have been sailing along it as we make our way to Mauritius - where I will arrive o...

HAPPY NEPTUNE DAY! I have officially been to all 4 hemispheres of the world! I am also officially a Shellback and no longer a Pollywog. What does that mean, you might ask? Well I cannot Google things without paying for it, so I can't tell you, but I am pretty sure it has something to do with being a professional world traveler by ship. We crossed the equator yesterday at 241AM and have been sailing along it as we make our way to Mauritius - where I will arrive o...

Cochin India has been about thirteen times better than Chennai. It reminded me physically much more of Viet Nam which made me happy because Viet Nam has for sure still been my favorite place. I also did some serious shopping here as well [I'm sure you're all surprised] and am almost done with Christmas! I think that's way better than what you could get otherwise, even with as much faith as I have in Amazon.com. On the first day we DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH CUST...

I am not sure I know a good way yet to describe India… I have been to Chennai for two days and I am on the way to Cochin to spend two days there before heading to Mauritius. I am not a huge fan of having to be fully covered when it is five thousand degrees and humid outside. I have been in pants, sneakers, and a sleeved shirt of some form every day because to do otherwise is culturally indecent, and being a young, little blondish person gets me enough attention...

So, remember how I said Hong Kong was my favorite port so far? Well, I lied. Viet Nam is now my favorite port I have been to and probably one of my favorite places in general. Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City was overrun by people on scooters which was ridiculous, and the amount of time I spent trying not to get hit by them was equally intense. I have no idea how people there get their drivers license, but they take a test for it and I am unsure as to if the test test...