Tag: Travel Day
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Good Morning Vietnam
By: Owen Chamberlin GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD MOOOORNIIIIIIIIIING VIETNAM!!! It’s time to rock it from the Delta to the DMZ! This is your host, Owen Chamberlin, with Global Semester Radio Saigon, coming to you live from Vung Tau Beach with this week’s update! In all seriousness, my name is Owen (if you’d already forgotten, maybe write it down…
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The Safari was Sick
By: Galen McGlynn Greetings from Namibia! It’s been quite an eventful week! Between bumpy roads, stunning landscapes, and some of the best wildlife sightings of my life, Namibia has truly been an adventure. We’ve had our share of laughs, mishaps, and even some meaningful reflections. Let me take you through it, starting with our road…
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Speakers, Sand, and Seals
By: Jean-Luc Collette Hello, welcome to the blog. This week was busy, so if you don’t have time, here’s a TL;DR: We heard from several speakers on the historical context of Namibia, including the Namibian Genocide, drove around Walvis Bay and Swakopmund with lots of sand dunes, and met wild seals face-to-face. There was lots…
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Halfway Soirée
By: Cole Kehrberg Greetings from Namibia! This week marks the official halfway point of Global Semester, and also the introduction to our third country: Namibia. Although the histories between South Africa and Namibia are largely intertwined, the culture and landscape are noticeably different upon first impression. On Friday, we were randomly assigned tickets to enter…
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This is me after the 30 hour travel day…
By: Fiona Boskovic Gallivant News, coming to you live from Johannesburg, South Africa. I’m your host, Fiona, and this is what we’ve been up to since leaving Costa Rica. Starting off with our 100 hour travel day, we returned to the US for some very quick layovers in Houston and Newark airports. Stopping in Houston…
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Spotted: Globies about to Leave Costa Rica???
By: Eva Barsness On a somewhat normal Wednesday afternoon, we all found ourselves about a half a mile’s jaunt from the Panama border. We had come to this region to visit the Loma Linda Field Station, meeting local researchers and scientists, Jason and Gerald, who are both working on experiments throughout the station. In the…
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San José to San Vito
By: Lauren Patchett It is hard to believe we have less than a week left here in Costa Rica and we’re almost a third of the way through our Global Semester journey! These past few weeks have included quite the variety of locations, climates, and experiences, keeping things interesting, but many students were feeling relieved…