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Kobe
Our day in Kobe (January 31) was delightfully unpressured. There were nice things to see, but we didn’t feel the pressure of Tokyo and Kyoto where we had limited time and so many possibilities of...
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Kobe to Shanghai
The voyage from Kobe to Shanghai lasted two days. The MV Explorer is a fast ship, but it goes slow enough to allow for two teaching days (so the A day and B day classes can each meet once) between...
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Shanghai
The on-ship wait for Chinese immigration processing took longer than expected, but we were finally off the boat by 11:00. We wound our way through streets in the general direction of the Bund, which we...
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Sunday in Hong Kong
It has been four Sundays since we have been able to attend a regular LDS Church service, so our main plan for today was to find a Hong Kong ward to attend. Thanks to LDS.org we found a few options and...
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Hong Kong to Saigon
The two day slow sail from Hong Kong to Saigon passed through the contentious South China Sea (West Philippine Sea? ) where China and Vietnam spar over control over the Paracel islands and China,...
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Saigon (aka Ho Chi Minh City)
Once docked we set out to see what we could accomplish. First on the agenda was to take a dress of Sarah’s to a tailor and have a replica made. Next stop was for haircuts. We then explored the massive...
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Preparing for Tet
Hoang (above), a student in my world geography course who emigrated to the US at age 8, invited some of his SAS friends and professors to join him in helping to make a special Tet dish at the home of...
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Sunday in Saigon
Even with a slow beginning to the day, Will was not quite up to going out into the city at 10:00 am. Marie volunteered to stay behind so Will could have some down time. Sarah, Joel and I headed off to...
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Mekong Delta
Monday we arranged for a guided tour of the Mekong Delta. It was a wonderful excursion. It was just the five of us plus a guide and driver in a van. The two hour drive from Saigon to Cai Be, which...
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A wonderful life: Norda Agnes Fife Emmett
My wonderful mother, Norda Fife Emmett passed away at the age of 87 on the morning of March 3, 2015. For the past 15 months she has been living with my sister Mary and her family. Mom was ready to go....
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Singapore
After our early morning arrival, our first destination of choice in Singapore was the amazing Singapore Zoo. The ship berthed right under the gondola to Sentosa Island and alongside a mall where we...
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Sunday in Kerala: Memories of Mom/Grandma
It is Sunday Morning on the Malabar Coast in the State of Kerala in the country of India about 45 km south of Kochi at the Abad Turtle Beach Resort. When in port, most students and faculty head off...
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Singapore to Yangon
We set sail from Singapore at 19:30. I stayed up top for at least two hours watching the extensive industrial (container ports and refineries all on land fill extensions) west side of Singapore pass...
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Buddhas and Stupas: Day One in Yangon
The Cruise port for Yangon is part and parcel of the industrial Yangon Port about 45-90 minutes east of the city where the Rangoon River is deep enough to handle larger ships. For our first day in...
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Poltical Geography of Myanmar
Each class taught on Semester at Sea is required to include an 8 hour in-country field lab to go along with their course (it counts for 20% of the grade). I proposed doing my field lab for Political...
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Yangon Day Three
While I was off with my students, Sarah was also participating in a Field Lab for her world theater and performance class taught by Adrienne Moore from USU. Sarah got to see how wooden marionettes are...
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Markets, Orphanage and Train
Beetle-nut salesman and customers. Many piles of red spit in Myanamr.Seller of soccer shorts. Will bought the blue and black and red and black plaid ones. Joel's were purple.For day four in Yangon we...
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A Day in Mauritius (Will's Report)
I teach on A day mornings from 8:00-9:15 (world geography) and then from 10:50-12:05 (political geography). I teach on B day afternoons from 1:00-2:15 (global cities). In between I work on course prep...
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