Feb 1st: Lost another hour of time last night. It is only 4am at home! Seas are a lot calmer which is nice. They had oatmeal for breakfast- that right there already made my day! Tomorrow we have no classes!!! Only three hours of classes and then I’m off to either read in the sunshine ( if it comes out) or sleep again.


Jan 31, 2008:
Roughest Day at sea yet and no sunshine. I hardly slept due to the loud crashing of the waves outside our cabin. Who needs TV? Staring out your window anticipating the biggest splash is more entertaining that doing homework! The big waves splash water on our window and we are on the 4th deck! I’ve heard that it only gets rougher when we leave Cape Town to Mauritius. I did the elliptical for 30 minutes…talk about TOUGH!

I received a lot of my first choice field programs! They left our finalized schedule outside our cabin door last night. I got the Borneo Orangutan Adventure in Malaysia (Borneo is actually an Island in Indonesia). I’m sooo excited! It is the only Orangutan rehabilitation center of its kind in the world! I still have nothing planned for Asia. Although a group of us were talking about taking the train from Hong Kong to Beijing to sleep on the Great Wall and see the Terra Cotta Soldiers and then take the train back to Shanghai, still in the works and just an idea. I haven’t had to take any motion sickness meds yet, thanks dad for your iron stomach. Walking down the halls is hilarious as you watch everyone’s body slant 45 degrees parallel to the floor swaying from one side of the hallway to the next. Only one more day of classes and then we cross the equator. Keeping my eye on the horizon! Love you!