Meeting with a guest educator in the free space
The reason that we were in such a rush the last few ports was due to our need to make it on time for an appointment. An appointment to be accompanied while passing through pirate waters. No, seriously. Read more about pirate protocol here (toward the bottom of the page).
No, this is not a real pirate. This is one of my teammates dressed up as a pirate. I did his makeup. I know, I could totally be a pirate makeup artist.
Besides covering all windows with heavy curtains, we had plenty of activities to keep us busy during out long stints at sea (while crossing the Indian, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans). Can you imagine having nothing to do while at least for almost 2 weeks? I can’t. I was so busy during those periods of time that I hardly noticed that we hadn’t seen land for a while.
consecutive interpretation was done in this fashion, at the front of the room and simultaneous was done in a booth in the back.
Guest educators came on board to speak to us via lectures and workshops in their field. On the 77th cruise, we had a wide variety of speakers, from an animation director to a professor who devotes his life to UNESCO World Heritage Sites. My friend and brilliant photographer, Luke Casey, was the volunteer web reporter, who documented our activities during the voyage. Luckily, I was able to con him into letting me write up the article about the Ms. Edahiro Junko, a professional interpreter/translator turned environmental journalist.
This is Luke in action. Seriously, go check out his amazing photographs.
To keep our team relatively efficient and organized, we had daily meetings.
Clearly the whole team was as hard working as I was in Singapore.
We also had various events, most were simply an excuse for people to wear the various traditional clothing that they had bought at the ports.
The event team also put on a summer festival because who doesn’t love festival food and dressing up in yukata?
The event team was one of the many teams that was composed of both staff members and passengers who put together events for the whole boat. People were also able and encouranged to host their own personal event as pleased. (I did one on how cool Seattle is.) This is why I often referred to the Peace Boat voyage as a summer camp for adults.
But hey, who doesn’t love summer camp?
Have you ever been on a cruise? What were some of your favorite onboard activities?
So fun! You could definitely be a pirate makeup artist!
The traditional clothes are just so ornate and beautiful!
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haha thanks, not that I totally fished for that or anything
They are! The Vietnamese Ao Dai were custom made and waiting for people who purchased them when we got to India, just a few day later! That was crazy turn around.
I LOVE cruising! I particularly like dance lessons (though husband hates them and of course I rarely remember what we learn once we come home). After having been on a few cruises now, I don’t feel the need to pack my day full of every activity imaginable…nicer sometimes just to sit and relax
There were a lot of dance lessons going on. It was really fun because the participants created teams and performed what they’d been learning on stage during the last leg of our journey. Even if you don’t remember all the steps, I’m sure it’s easier to pick up the second (or third) time around!
Haha yeah… We had some days that were dedicated to relaxing. And by that, I mean, so the staff could relax
That sounds really entertaining! I can’t imagine being on a ship for 2 weeks non-stop, but it sounds like you had plenty to do.
I went on a cruise in May to Ibiza. It was only 8 hours, but it was fun! We just had a huge party on the roof on the way there…and slept off a week of partying the whole way back.
Oh, and by the way, your friend Luke’s work is amazing!
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It was seriously just like summer camp, but with less mud and more cabbage.
Now THAT sounds like fun!! Exhausting, but fun
I absolutely love his style.
I’ll let him know you said that. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it!
You look so pretty in that group pic! We did our first cruise in Sept. 2011 when we went to Greece - my fave part was the food (of course!)
Thanks, Carol!
What was the food like on your cruise? Did you guys have a lot of cabbage, too?
I was on a cruise once, from Singapore to Thailand (Hat Yai?) and back. But I was a kid and I never bothered to get off the boat when we called into port - we stuck to the buffet restaurant, karaōke rooms and most importantly, the games arcade! Now my idea of travelling has changed so much that I would probably get bored stiff on a cruise… I’d rather be out and about doing crazy stuff like climbing volcanoes.
Haha! How many stops did you guys make on that cruise?
We did not have kareoke rooms on our boat. Now I feel cheated.
Funny story, it was actually through this cruise that I climbed an active volcano in Guatemala
I think we made three stops - one in Malaysia and two in Thailand. Looks like you added the accent to “karaōke” to make it phonetically correct - nice touch.
Well that’s one story I’m looking forward to from your RTW trip!
haha my wp does that automatically for some reason. I’m not actually that much of a brat.
That sounds like fun… except that you didn’t get off. ha!
Sadly the lava flow was covered when it erupted in… 2005? but it was still really cool. I’m pretty excited to write about it. But first, pyramids.