Charleston, South Carolina
Today I began creating my travel blog and packing list for Semester at Sea in spring 2010. I leave on 16 January when I fly to San Diego for the night before taking a bus to Mexico to board the ship on the 17th; the ship is named "the Explorer." I have gotten all of my visas, except for Brazil which we do from Africa while we are on the ship, and all of my vaccinations [Yellow Fever, Polio, Meningitis, and Hepatitis A].
The University of Virginia B...