Ready for Adventures

I have been home from my first year of college for less than 2 weeks, and now I am ready to embark on an amazing adventure. I would like to thank my grandparents for allowing me this opportunity. I am doing a Semester at Sea program for 26 days. I will spend a day and 1/2 in the Bahamas before boarding the ship. I really have no idea what to expect while I am on this adventure. I know that I will be changed by this experience. This is neither my first time on a large boat nor my first taking college classes, but this will be the first time that I will do both of them together. I am anxious to get this adventure started and I know I will meet many cool people along the way. I am taking a class that is based on Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. I am also taking a seminar that is focusing on the MDGs (Millenium Development Goals) that were developed by the UN. I will also finally be learning Spanish. This is something that I have wanted to do for a long time, but have never had the opportunity.

Below is a list of all of the places that I will be heading:

In Trinidad, I am taking a trip along the North Coast where there are some cocoa plantations, and then spending the rest of the day at the beach.

In Panama, I am taking a dugout canoe through the rainforest to an Indian Village.

In Costa Rica, the first day I am doing a field program (I will explain more about this at a later date), the second day I am doing a tubing adventure, and the third day I am doing an off-road adventure.

In Honduras, the first day I am doing another field experiment, and the second day I am working at a youth center.

In Guatemala, the first day I am doing a service visit to a primary school, elder home and/or orphanage, and the second day I am going on a beach trip.

In Belize, I am taking a reef rocket (really fast boat) to the barrier reef and going snorkeling.

I will not be checking my facebook on a regular basis while I am away, so this is probably the best way to keep track of my adventures.

Now maybe it is time to start packing. I will hopefully write again soon, but I have no idea when I will have a chance to update.