Our first day at sea was student orientation. They had all-day meetings just as we’d done the previous days, and we frantically prepared for the first day of classes the following day. January 6th was our first day at sea and the students were in orientation all day. We’re really glad that we got to […]
January 6-7: Straits of Hormuz and Gulf of Oman Read More »
On Tuesday, January 2, we spent the morning repacking. We each have a single wheeled duffel, a carry-on bag, and a daypack. Last time we each had an additional wheeled duffle but 3 bags with only 2 hands was one too many! If Summer at Sea happens, we will be traveling from the end of
January 2 – 5: Embarkation and Departure Read More »
On New Year’s Day we pushed ourselves to get going. They say that recovering from jet lag takes about a day per hour of time change, so we have over a bit over a week to go. After successfully becoming vertical and walking out of the hotel, we tried to catch one of the abra
January 1: Old Dubai and the Souks Read More »
Our visit to Dubai is quickly coming to an end. We’re now back aboard the MV World Odyssey and will sail for India tomorrow night. I’d like to reflect a little first on our experience in this place of paradox. Dubai and the other Emirates were created from whole cloth in a thoroughly modern way.
January 4: Sparkling City in the Sand Read More »
We spent December 30 in a jet lag fog. Dubai is 11 hours ahead of Fort Collins, so it’s just wrong according to our body clocks. After sleeping in, we made it to breakfast before they stopped serving at 11am. Time passes strangely when you’re all discombobulated with the time. When next we surfaced, we
December 30 – 31: Dubai Read More »
We’ve finally arrived in Dubai after two very long plane flights (Denver to Frankfurt and then Frankfurt to Dubai). Evidently we took off just in time to miss a snowstorm in Denver, departing at 4 PM on Dec 28. Overnight 9 and a half hours to Frankfurt, followed by a bleary 4-hour layover in an
Dec 29 22: Flying to Dubai Read More »
From January through April 2023, we are voyaging with Semester at Sea from the Global South to the Global North, from the sweltering Indian Ocean to the frigid North Sea, from East to West, across monsoons and savannas and deserts and forests and seas great and small. We’re sharing our voyage with 600 or so
Semester at Sea — Spring ’23 Read More »
