Finally got around to completing my record of this trip. Firstly I will show you this: Yes, that’s me… and a colossal Moray eel. I will come back to that later in the post, but you’re hooked in now right? :p April 23rd Getting information around here...
April 11th Ever been in a situation where you are given something to eat, you have no idea whatsoever what it is, but you eat it anyway because the alternative is to go hungry? No? Well I have. lol. God alone knows whatever it was that the chef gave...
April 2nd Oh what I wouldn’t give for a juicy burger right now! Or some Fried Chicken with curry gravy! Or a piece of Easter Bun! Fried dumplings!!!!! Random choices I know, but see with me, I’m dreaming here. April 3rd Last night I went fishing; Or...
I wrote these updates while I was at sea, but since I had no internet access, I wasn’t able to post them at the time. The next few posts record tidbits during the course of my 6 weeks on my life on board a vessel. March 26th- 27th I...
General Observations I’ll start off this post with some general observations about Mauritius. There were really sometimes that it reminded me of home. I suppose there are some threads of small island life that will be similar wherever you go. For instance, I don’t know if this is an island people thing...
Out and About in Mauritius The evening of my arrival, I was told by one of my roommates that there was to be an excursion the next day. The only details I got were that it involved an island off the coast of Mauritius. I decided to jump on it;...
In 2014, I was selected by the International Seabed Authority for a training programme aboard a Chinese research vessel in the Indian Ocean. The ship departed from Mauritus in March 2015 and returned to same at the end of April . These next few blog posts chronicle my time in Mauritius...
I left my friend Patrina in Rome on my way to Venice!!!! However, before I get to that, I decided to make a quick stop en route in Florence. In this instance it was mostly so that I could stop by the famed Uffizi Gallery which I have always wanted...
Rome My trip to Rome didn’t start off on the best note that it could have, but let’s fast forward ahead to where my friend Patrina and I were hosted by a colleague of hers. Fortuitously, the apartment was located in Trastevere, which is actually an excellent part of Rome...
Well here I am again updating this blog. This is likely to be the last round for some time yet, but stay tuned because there are lots of updates coming. I had to be in Europe again for my MSc presentation. To cut the story short that went well and...
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