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Editor's note: GoNOMAD's Number One Nomad, Sony Stark, is traveling around the world in 180 days making a documentary about the Semester At Sea Program. These are her photos from India and China.
The only friendly Port Authority greets me and my several discount handmade rugs.
M/V Explorer docked in Chennai, India
School Children at the Delta Dalit Center, Southern India
Dalit Village called Kodur
Dalit Village entertainment
Vishnu Temple at Mamallapuram, southern India
Temple at Kancheepuram, Southern India
Hong Kong from Victoria Peak
Hong Kong's Feng Shui Bldg
The Great Wall of China
Asking Budda for help finding me the perfect mate
Peking University students offer us the peace symbol.
Patriotism from a little Chinese boy
Stone boat at the Emperor's Summer Palace, Beijing, China
SEMESTER AT SEA continues a tradition of shipboard education dating back to 1926 when the S.S. Ryndam set sail from Hoboken, New Jersey with a full quota of 504 students and a faculty of 63.
The ship covered 41,000 miles and visited thirty-five countries and more than ninety cities, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok, Columbo, Bombay, Haifa, Venice, Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oslo.
MORE ABOUT THE MV EXPLORER: The state-of-the-art MV Explorer serves as a fully functional university campus that includes six passenger decks, nine classrooms, a library, a computer lab with internet access, a student union, a campus store, two dining rooms, swimming pool, and a fitness center.
The MV Explorer is a 24,300-ton motor vessel with a length of 590 feet, beam of 84 feet and a draft of 24 feet.
Built in 2002 by Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Germany, it is billed as the fastest passenger ship afloat today with a cruising speed of 28 knots.