After two weeks of intense traveling in India and Cambodia, we took a needed “vacation” in Vietnam and headed to a fancy resort. Reverting back to our “traveler” days, we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City with no flights or hotel reservations but some ideas that we wanted to head to a beach resort either…
Cambodia: Exploring Angkor Wat
From India, we moved on to one of our favorite countries, Cambodia. We flew to Siem Reap, home to the famous temples of Angkor Wat. We predicted that exploring these temples would be one of the highlights of our trip for the boys. When Jay and Christy had visited Siem Reap in 2000, there was…
India
India was Christy’s most memorable country when she went on Semester at Sea in 1990 and it rates highly on our current voyage. We experienced India as tourists in Agra/New Delhi, business people in Bangalore, and through the eyes of our expatriate friends in Mumbai. India is a country of 1.2 Billion people with extremes…
Mauritius – an island paradise!
Mauritius was a short stop for us, just two nights in this island paradise. We arrived at the port in the early morning and were greeted with spectacular view of this mountainous island. Mauritius, Africa’s wealthiest country on a per capita income basis, is a honeymooner’s paradise, primarily for Europeans and South Africans. The population…
South Africa — Our favorite port so far!
South Africa, with its friendly people, spectacular scenery, and comforts of home, was our favorite port so far. Luke has declared that he will live there someday and that it is better the US. Time will tell, although we would certainly be happy to visit if he decides to spend some time there. We are…
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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…