We’ve had several questions about comments and I have fixed the problem we had. You can now make comments. We’d love to hear from you. We have departed South Africa and are on our way to Mauritius. Look for another post in the next couple of days.
Category: 2009
The World’s Friendliest People!
Luke and Ryan’s Perspective For us, Ghana was an exciting and different place. There were two things that were really weird – people carried tons of stuff on their heads (platters full of things they wanted to sell, water, anything), and that people stood in between cars on the road and tried to sell things…
A Day in the Life Aboard our Ship – The MV Explorer
We love our life on the boat. The days go by quickly and there is always something to do. LearningWe are learning a lot from classes, reading books and visiting the different cultures. Everyday on the boat we ALL go to classes. Luke and Ryan do their schoolwork in the morning. They get one-on-one tutoring…
Fun times in Morocco – and a little craziness!
Morocco From Luke & Ryan’s Perspective (Jay’s & Christy’s commentary is in quotes): What is different? • Women cover their hair/head. (Although it is not a law, most women wear traditional clothing and covered their hair with scarves. They always covered their legs and shoulders. Morocco is one of the most liberal of the Islamic…
Crossing the Atlantic…and Spain!
Well, some of you might be wondering if the MV Explorer is resting on the bottom of the Atlantic! We are safe and sound, currently crossing out of the Mediterranean on our way from Gibraltar to Morocco. We had a very cushy North Atlantic passage, with clear sailing the whole way. No big water anywhere…
Full days at sea – long way from anywhere!
For Boulder Country Day Ryan and Luke say “hi” to all of their classmates back home and wish everyone good luck in their first day back at school. We started school yesterday, even though it was Sunday. One good thing about being at sea is that the school day is shorter, one bad thing is…
In Halifax – leaving in two hours!
We have now arrived in Halifax, and are about to embark in about two hours. We made it out of Boulder and found we kept finding more things we need to bring. Finally we had to stop since the car was full! We finally loaded up the car, and with the help of Tracy, made…
Approaching departure day!!!!
The calm before the storm has descended upon our house. We have renewed our passports, received the critical visas, been punctured multiple times to prevent disease, filled prescriptions for huge quantities of malaria medication, sent boxes ahead to the ship, discussed the boys’ curriculum with their teachers, arranged for house and pet sitting, put most…