LIfe at Sea on the Pacific

Life at sea can be fun, relaxing, stimulating, enticing and meditative.  Here we are cruising on the Pacific at sunset while students jog on the deck.

Sogetsu class

I was so busy with class, I was not able to video. But this is how clean up goes.

Welcome toYokohama

Energetic Taiko drummers welcomed us to Japan today

Fun at sea

Zumba is but one of many exercise options on the ship. Our group gets up at 6:45 and rotates between Zumba, circuit, kickboxing and yoga. Capoeira, salsa, street dancing, and the seven minute workout keep us moving

Our feathered friends

These birds followed us and flirted with us daily in the middle of the Pacific.

The storm we avoided!

Captain Roman diverted 500 miles at the cost of $100,000 to avoid this monster storm and 50 foot waves. We were so glad he did!!

Sunset on the ship

We have made it across the big blue and awesome Pacific! These are the sights that graced our journey

Stinky feet fruit

Durian for sale Hilo

Coconuts in Hilo

Fun treats in Hilo

SASers in Hilo

Enjoying treats from the Hilo Farmers Market

Hilo soundscape: reflection one

A farmer's market in Hilo provided inspiration for a sound recording and a writing reflection:

"The first thing I heard in Hilo was a confab, conglomeration, contrast of lilting, laughing language:  ha,ha humming, harmony of strumming syllables accompanied by thrum, drum, talk/song."


Shelley H. Galloway

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Parents Council Member
Semester at Sea
Institute for Shipboard Education

Building a Community through kinesthetic learning

Taking a class relating to our soundscape is enhancing my voyage experience.  Today we focused on the felt rhythms of the ship.  One of the most important aspects of sailing on SAS is the building of the ship's community.  We bond in incredibly cohesive ways.  Maybe in subconscious ways we are incorporating the sounds, textures, movement of the ship into a kinesthetically complete learning bubble.  We are mentally ingesting learned data, emotional experiences while simultaneously imprinting the sounds and motion of ship and sea.


Shelley H. Galloway

Please ask me about the Semester at Sea Program
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Parents Council Member
Semester at Sea
Institute for Shipboard Education

Witches Nose

Fascinating Anthurium in Hilo

Glorious Greenpoint

Thank you to Matthew Nielson for a tour of Greenpoint Nursery in Hilo

Native wildlife

California critter

The grand Canal

Venice, California

In and Out

Native cooking

Hotel Del Coronado

JB enjoying a historic landmark

My first SAS port

I am having a great time visiting JB in sunny Southern California. We walked the beach in Venice, found the central canal, sampled an In and Out Burger and enjoyed the Hotel del Coronado.

Shelley H. Galloway

Please ask me about the Semester at Sea Program
www.semesteratsea.org
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Parents Council Member
Semester at Sea
Institute for Shipboard Education
University of Virginia

Age-related brain waves or Twilight Zone

Planning my last minute errands and trip preparations as I purchased my morning coffee, I experienced a moment of pre-trip jitters. Why am I sailing now? How will all my volunteer activities fare without me? Is it a good time to be gone from family? Etc! I said a farewell to the friendly staff at Starbucks and headed to the post office in a reflective mind-set. As I approached the door, I heard wonderful Indian music being piped over a sound system. Wow, I thought, I love this music. My mood lifted. I got in the Semester at Sea frame of mind. Music like this is representative of the SAS experience. I thanked the clerk for the wonderful music and told her to thank whomever was playing this particular tune. I walked out of the PO and the music was still playing. I was ready to sail!

On entering my car, when the music was still on, I realized my ITunes on my phone had independently picked this tune to broadcast Loud and Live. A message from above? Do de do do do de do do ( twilight zone music). Or simply a technical glitch?

Whatever...ready to go!

Shelley H. Galloway

Please ask me about the Semester at Sea Program
www.semesteratsea.org
http://vimeo.com/52086255

Parents Council Member
Semester at Sea
Institute for Shipboard Education
University of Virginia