Destination | Arrive Depart | Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau, Bahamas | Depart | Wednesday | January 12 | 1700 |
| Roseau, Dominica | Arrive Depart | Sunday Monday | January 16 January 17 | 0800 2000 |
| Macapa, Brazil (Amazon Entrance) | Arrive Depart | Thursday Thursday | January 20 January 20 | 1830 2300 |
| Manaus, Brazil | Arrive Depart | Sunday Thursday | January 23 January 27 | 0800 2000 |
| Macapa, Brazil (Amazon Exit) | Arrive Depart | Saturday Saturday | January 29 January 29 | 1400 1530 |
| Takoradi, Ghana | Arrive Depart | Sunday Thursday | February 6 February 10 | 0800 2000 |
| Cape Town, South Africa | Arrive Depart | Thursday Tuesday | February 17 February 22 | 0800 2000 |
| Port Louis, Mauritius | Arrive Depart | Sunday Sunday | February 27 February 27 | 0800 2000 |
| Chennai, India | Arrive Depart | Sunday Friday | March 6 March 11 | 0800 2000 |
| Singapore | Arrive Depart | Wednesday Wednesday | March 16 March 16 | 0800 2300 |
| Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | Arrive Depart | Saturday Thursday | March 19 March 24 | 0800 0600 |
| Hong Kong / Shanghai, China | Arrive Depart | Saturday Friday | March 26 April 1 | 0800 2000 |
| Kobe / Yokohama, Japan | Arrive Depart | Monday Friday | April 4 April 8 | 0800 2000 |
| Hilo, Hawaii, USA | Arrive Depart | Sunday Monday | April 17 April 18 | 0800 2000 |
| San Diego, California, USA | Arrive | Sunday | April 24 | 0800 |
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Itinerary- Spring 2010 Voyage
For those of you who care to follow me VERY closely !
Common Reading- Three Cups of Tea
Semester at Sea has recommended that we read Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin.
I have only read the introduction and I am hooked! I really look forward to finishing it!
Testing 1 2 3
This upcoming Spring 2011 semester I am traveling the WORLD! I am going on Semester at Sea- a University of Virginia study abroad program.
I am creating this blog to share my experiences with my friends and family. :) Special shout out to the piedge family- SK and Jordan Sorrells for naming my blog for me. For those of you who don't get it- sorry it is an IJ.
Please keep in mind that this is my first experience as a blogger. I am not a very good writer, my spelling is terrible, and my thoughts tend to wander. I also always try to add wayyy too many commas to my sentences. I was taught in grammar that when you pause while reading a sentence, there a comma should be. Just warning you. This is an informative blog for those people in my life (Sharon, Brad, ect.) who which to be informed of my progress in my journey around the world. MY JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME!
AND LET ME TELL YOU!!!! I am EXCITED!
104 days, 12 countries, and a few waves.
I looked up some travel quotes and found some real practical advice.
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. ~Susan Heller
Thanks for the advice Susan, but unless you were planning on doubling my money... it really doesn't help very much. :)
I'll end with one of my personal favorites- quite fitting for the occasion I must say!
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
I am creating this blog to share my experiences with my friends and family. :) Special shout out to the piedge family- SK and Jordan Sorrells for naming my blog for me. For those of you who don't get it- sorry it is an IJ.
Please keep in mind that this is my first experience as a blogger. I am not a very good writer, my spelling is terrible, and my thoughts tend to wander. I also always try to add wayyy too many commas to my sentences. I was taught in grammar that when you pause while reading a sentence, there a comma should be. Just warning you. This is an informative blog for those people in my life (Sharon, Brad, ect.) who which to be informed of my progress in my journey around the world. MY JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME!
AND LET ME TELL YOU!!!! I am EXCITED!
104 days, 12 countries, and a few waves.
I looked up some travel quotes and found some real practical advice.
When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. ~Susan Heller
Thanks for the advice Susan, but unless you were planning on doubling my money... it really doesn't help very much. :)
I'll end with one of my personal favorites- quite fitting for the occasion I must say!
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
by Dr. Seuss
Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet,
you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any
you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course,
you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there
in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
OH!
THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!
You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers
who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don't
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly, it's true
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping,
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. there are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go
though the weather be foul
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike
and I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
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