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All Smiles in Sri Lanka

Time is running short here at the shisha cafe, so I don’t have time to tell you all about Sri Lanka except that it was one of my favourite places that I have ever visited! The reason? People were SO genuinely friendly!! They had the kindest eyes and biggest smiles I have ever seen. So,Continue reading “All Smiles in Sri Lanka”

Singapore – Small country; HUGE city

Singapore was humid, multicultural and SO much bigger than I thought it would be!! The reason that this was even more pronounced was because instead of having free time in this port, I was the leader of a “challenge program”. The challenge consisted of touring around Singapore, based on what the group wanted to do,Continue reading “Singapore – Small country; HUGE city”

HK

Hong Kong was an awesome first port! I had heard many great things about Hong Kong from friends and my mom (although her experience was dated by about 30 years), I still was not quite sure what to expect and originally, did not have any specific plans. However, I found an HK travel partner inContinue reading “HK”

Departure from the Real World

**Well, this is 28 days late… SO sorry for the delay, everyone. But I have not had a moment’s rest since we left Yokohama on April 1st. But for this very limited time that I have sitting in a shisha cafe in Port Said, Egypt, I am going to try to do a bit ofContinue reading “Departure from the Real World”

Sayonara & One Second Everyday

Well, this is it guys. I leave for my round-the-world voyage in less than 24 hours. Pretty unbelievable. I am kind of freaking out right now and I have been scrambling around all day trying to get as many last minute things done, but I don’t think there is any way that I will feelContinue reading “Sayonara & One Second Everyday”

Peace Boat Itinerary!!

I keep mentioning that this trip is taking me around the world, but you may be wondering: “Where exactly are you going?” Well, I am going to 21 countries located in the Northern Hemisphere.The dates listed below are when we are expected to be in each country, so feel free to “follow my footsteps” (asContinue reading “Peace Boat Itinerary!!”

Peace Boat Orientation

As I said in my last post, Peace Boat orientation began bright and early on Monday morning. However, it wasn’t actually very bright Monday morning, because it was raining, as you can see in the photo below that I snapped at 8am in Shibuya on my way to the Peace Boat office. When I arrivedContinue reading “Peace Boat Orientation”

Goodbye Gunma, Hola Tokyo

The departure from Gunma began early. As in, 5:30am early. My lovely host, Jenn, had a school enkai (celebration drinking party) to attend which departed for Yokohama at 7:00am. So, if we had to be up early, Jenn and I thought we might as well have a rocking good farewell breakfast before parting ways. AndContinue reading “Goodbye Gunma, Hola Tokyo”

Home Away from Home – Pt.2

Well, Annaka, despite the foot injury which kept me bound up on Sunday & Monday, it was an incredible week!! Here are a ton of photos to sum up what I did this week. Enjoy! *During karaoke, I was exposed to the full craziness of Kyari Kyari Pamyu Pamyu. Check out her bizarre “PON PON”Continue reading “Home Away from Home – Pt.2”

Home Away from Home – Pt.1

One of the main reason that I was so excited when I found out that I got the teaching position on Peace Boat was because it meant that I would be able to return to my “home away from home” of Annaka (located in Gunma prefecture), the city where I lived and worked as an EnglishContinue reading “Home Away from Home – Pt.1”