In my new and super boring unemployment, I've been trying to be productive. My first project was to scan all my old pictures - I started this some time ago but am almost finished. I saved the best for last - my photos from Semester at Sea. One of the most important lessons I learned on my voyage was to be humble. Especially in regards to discussing our travels. As a result I have kept quiet about a lot of it and I'm not sure that even Jed has seen all my photos or heard all about my experiences. No one likes a pretentious person who brags about insignificant things as an excuse to showcase where they've been lucky enough to travel.
However, I'm bored and I want to preserve my pictures and after 6 years, I think I'm allowed to share. No one has to look if they don't want, which is why this is the perfect forum.
Being habitually indecisive, I couldn't settle on just one place to study abroad, I had to pick a program that took me to 11 different countries. I believe travelling is the most important aspect of education and I completely changed as a person in the four months I was away.
The journey began in Nassau, Bahamas. My mom and Aunt Don brought me down and I connected with my friend Sandy that I met while living in San Francisco in the previous months. I am still amazed that I chose to do something that cut me off from the world I know for four months, while only kind of knowing one person. I ended up taking a grand total of 54 rolls of film (I couldn't afford a digital camera at this point) but was trying not to waste them all on my first port, though I was tempted.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14203806@N00/sets/72157606334590098/
I'd also like to extend a very special thanks to Rob for saving all my emails from my journey so that I could post them here when I returned. I don't think you know how much that meant to me. They can all be found at a link to the left and describe my adventures in detail.
Posted by karen at July 24, 2008 08:36 AM