Semester at Sea

0: Day one, Ft. Lauderdale

1: January 18, 2012

2: January 21, 2012

3: January 22, 2012

4: January 23 - 24, 2012

5: January 25, 2012

6: January 26, 2012

7: January 27, 2012

8: January 28, 2012

We entered the Amazon!  The water turned brown, even though there is no land in sight.  The ship stopped rocking since we went from the ocean to the river. 

9: January 29, 2012

Headed up the Amazon.  We had a beautiful sunset.  One of the three that we will have as we sail west. 

10: January 30, 2012

11: January 31 - Feb 3, 2012

12: Ararinha Jungle Lodge

13: Febuary 4, 2012

14: Feburary 5, 2012

15: February 6, 2012

16: February 7, 2012

17: February 8, 2012

18: February 9, 2012

19: February 10, 2012

20: February 11, 2012

21: February 12, 2012

22: February 13-17, 2012

23: Kokodo Guest House

24: Kumasi

25: Lake Bosomtwe Pardise Hotel

26: February 18, 2012

27: February 19, 2012

28: February 20, 2012

29: February 21, 2012

30: February 22, 2012

31: February 23, 2012

32: February 24-29, 2012

33: March 1, 2012

34: March 2, 2012

35: March 3, 2012

36: March 4, 2012

37: March 5, 2012

38: March 6, 2012

39: March 7, 2012

40: March 8, 2012

41: March 9, 2012

42: March 10, 2012

43: March 11, 2012

44: March 12-17, 2012

45: March 12-16, 2012

46: March 16-17, 2012

47: March 18, 2012

48: March 19, 2012

49: March 20, 2012

50: March 21, 2012

51: March 22, 2012

52: March 23, 2012

53: March 24, 2012

54: March 25-29, 2012

55: March 25-28, 2012

56: March 30, 2012

57: March 31, 2012

58: April 1-2, 2012

59: April 2-4, 2012

Hangzhou, China.  Along with 200,000 of our closest tourist friends, for the grave sweeping holiday.  

60: April 4-5, 2012

Zhouzhuang, China.  The home of the famous triple slime soup and some really pretty canals and old architecture.  

61: April 5-7, 2012

Shanghai, China.  We travel to Shanghai to eat delicious food, have a lot of fun with friends and meet the ship.  

62: April 8, 2012

63: April 9, 2012

64: April 10-14, 2012

Arrive in Kobe.  The ship then travels to Yokohama and we travel overland to meet it.  

65: April 10-11, 2012

Mt. Yoshino, Japan.  Home of 30,000 cherry trees, just days before their peak bloom.

66: April 11-14, 212

Tokyo!  So much yummy food and beautiful pink trees everywhere you turn.  

67: April 15, 2012

And now, our long Pacific crossing.

68: April 16, 2012

69: April 17, 2012

70: April 18, 2012

71: April 19, 2012

72: April 20, 2012 #1

We lived April 20th twice, as we crossed the international date line. 

73: April 20, 2012 #2

74: April 21, 2012

75: April 22, 2012

76: April 23, 2012

77: April 24, 2012

We spent the morning in port in Honolulu, only to refuel.  We weren't allowed to get off the ship.  This was the first day most people's cell phones worked and it was really strange to see everyone talking on the phone.  

78: April 25, 2012

Spent the day in Hilo!  Visit with the Malinowski family!

79: April 26, 2012

And now we are on our way home.

80: April 27, 2012

81: April 28, 2012

82: April 29, 2012

83: April 30, 2012

84: May 1, 2012

Our last night.  The students went streaking, we tried to stay up late.  So many mixed feelings about coming home.  

85: May 2, 2012

Very cool homecoming.  We were first greeted by the Coast Guard and then by dolphins and seals.  It was a sad goodbye to so many new friends.