Semester at Sea - Fall 2008

If you're not familiar with my plans for the Fall semester of 2008, I will be studying abroad with Semester at Sea. While "at sea" I will be provided only a handful of free satellite internet minutes and any additional minutes will be very costly. With this in mind, I realized that I'd be out of internet contact from friends and family who may be interested in how I might be doing out there in the South Pacific. This blog was the product of my brainstorming.

I plan on updating the blog when I arrive at ports and can get to internet cafes or find WiFi hotspots so that I can preserve my on-boat minutes. So here is where you'll read how I'm doing, what I'm doing and what foods I regret eating. I'll post when I get into port with a little summary from the last port and with pictures (if I feel like it).

I hope you enjoy keeping up with where I am and maybe because of this, people will remember me when I come home on December 14th after 3 months of minimal contact with the States.

Below you'll find a map of the ports that we will be stopping at as well as our itinerary.

Newark, New Jersey
Depart: 28 August
Nassau, Bahamas
Arrive: 28 August
Depart: 29 August
Salvador, Brazil
Arrive: 7 September
Depart: 11 September
Walvis Bay, Namibia
Arrive: 19 September
Depart: 23 September
Cape Town, South Africa
Arrive: 26 September
Depart: 2 October
Chennai, India
Arrive: 14 October
Depart: 19 October
Penang, Malaysia
Arrive: 22 October
Depart: 26 October
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Arrive: 30 October
Depart: 4 November
Hong Kong/Shanghai, China
Arrive: 6 November
Depart: 11 November
Kobe/Yokohama, Japan
Arrive: 14 November
Depart: 18 November
Cross International Dateline (Add One Day)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Arrive: 27 November
Depart: 27 November
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Arrive: 7 December
Depart: 9 December
Panama Canal Passage (11 December)
Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Arrive: 14 December
Depart: 14 December
Hartford, Connecticut
Arrive: 14 Decmeber