Today was my new friend Carson's 21st birthday, so as my gift to her I took her surfing. We went to a local beach in Hilo called Hanoloi Bay, which I hope I spelled correctly. I have been surfing ever since I came to Hawaii with my sisters for the first time during the summer before I progressed to tenth grade. As I paddled back out into the ocean in Hawaii I found myself having very strange thoughts. At home on Folly Beach or Isle of Palms I have never desired t...

Today [27 Jan.] was my first day of the trip in Honolulu, but not my first time. I came with Croix / Tiff / Dot / Croix's friend the summer I moved to SC. It was funny because on the way to my FDP for my Biology of Sharks class I passed the Ruth Chris where we ate dinner and ran the water-waiter around all night being obnoxious. I went to the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology's island, Coconut Island, and got a tour around the little island and a short shark l...

Hello World, The MV Explorer got to Hilo, Hawaii [where any of you are more than welcome to buy me a home] really late on Sunday, 24 January. Early Monday [5:30AM] we had to wake up and go through customs since we technically departed the trip from Ensenada, Mexico. My sea [the ship is divided into seas and my section is the Baltic Sea] was not called until a few minutes after 7 so I was forced to watch the sun rise over Hawaiian surf while not being able to get...

I am on the way to Hawaii. I have super Limited email and internet going on and it gets expensive if I go over the limit so I cannot really get on facebook so I will do all photos and stuff on here for now. Here is a copy of my first email, I will send another tonight. I was just able to get into my address book, so sorry if you didnt get a copy! MY NEW EMAIL ADDRESS, THE ONLY ONE I WILL PROBABLY CHECK, IS [email protected] Hello Everyone, This s...

I have made it alive to San Diego. I am at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina. I may be going to a Red Not Chili Peppers concert with Bobbies cousin Monica who goes to school here, but I guess we will just have to wait and see. I get on a bus tomorrow morning at 8:30AM to head to the ship and then peace out sometime at night to head towards Hawaii. I cannot wait to get on the ship and unpack and not be dragging around 130 pounds of luggage anymore! My bac...