We left Mumbai on the evening of January 17. We were in good spirits. Our visit to India was interesting, but the shear numbers of people and vehicles as well as the air pollution were starting to wear on us a bit. We had 8 days of westward sailing ahead of us as […]
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We pulled into the Port of Mumbai after five days traveling from Dubai at a very slow pace to allow time for student orientation and a couple of class days for each course. Disembarking through immigration and passport control took several hours, but the welcoming ceremony as we walked off was worth the wait. We
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Our first day at sea was student orientation. They had all-day meetings just as we’d done the previous days, and we frantically prepared for the first day of classes the following day. January 6th was our first day at sea and the students were in orientation all day. We’re really glad that we got to
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On Tuesday, January 2, we spent the morning repacking. We each have a single wheeled duffel, a carry-on bag, and a daypack. Last time we each had an additional wheeled duffle but 3 bags with only 2 hands was one too many! If Summer at Sea happens, we will be traveling from the end of
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On New Year’s Day we pushed ourselves to get going. They say that recovering from jet lag takes about a day per hour of time change, so we have over a bit over a week to go. After successfully becoming vertical and walking out of the hotel, we tried to catch one of the abra
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We spent December 30 in a jet lag fog. Dubai is 11 hours ahead of Fort Collins, so it’s just wrong according to our body clocks. After sleeping in, we made it to breakfast before they stopped serving at 11am. Time passes strangely when you’re all discombobulated with the time. When next we surfaced, we
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