Next Stop Brazil (Hagan's Class)

Brazil!

Hello Mrs. Hagan's class!

My next port of call is Brazil and we will be docking in the port of Manaus which is about half way up the amazon river. A few tidbits about the Amazon river. It can actually hold all the water from the rivers in the world such as the Mississippi River, the Yangtze River and even the Nile river and still have extra left over. The Amazon is one very large rainforest that many indigenous peoples in the region depend on for their way of life and support. Here are a couple maps below.

Here is the main map of Brazil:

This is the area we will be at in the northern half of Brazil:

I will have a lot more tidbits and information for you later after I finish the rest of my class on brazil. I will be trying a lot of food while here so I will try to put up what I did for everyday that I am there. I did read the comment about why I took the whale watching trip in Dominica and all I can answer is

1.       The MV Explorer is a ship not a boat

2.       Who wouldn't go whale and dolphin watching in Dominica because the ocean is so blue and awesome!

3.       Though I didn't see any marine life, it was actually fun and I got nice views of the island and the ocean around. Background pictures!

Besides, you will be more excited to know that I will be seeing a lot of animals and will post a blog on that really soon. Enjoy! Keep emailing me and leaving comments. I am excited to see that there are so many views for my blog! I love to hear from the class! Classes are going fine and I since I have limited internet access, I can't put up videos for you all! Sorry! I will try to put up as many pictures as possible. Please email me if the pictures don't show so I can take care of that immediately.  If you have any fun ideas for China and Japan please email them to me as I plan to pretty much travel both of them on my own with a few required FDPs (Faculty Direct Practica) for my classes.

Dominica

January 23, 2012

It was such an exciting day with just coming to the island of Dominica which was a two day ship ride from Nassau, Bahamas. We landed early this morning around 7:30am and it was such a beautiful sight.

Today I went to the markets first thing this morning to shop and then walked around and took in the sights before I went to my first excursion at 1pm. The excursion stopped at the ship's view lookout point. We could see all the cruise ships including our own which made the experience very neat and fun to go to.

I went to the Island hot baths and it was so amazing to be soaking in these baths. They are mineral water baths and are just incredible place to be in. There were so many different pools. There were the hot ones. The one picture that I was in is the warm pool. It was perfect without being too cold.

 

The bus smashed underneath the tree happened during Hurricane David which smashed through Dominica. This particular bus was donated prior to the hurricane by the Canadians and unfortunately was under this particular tree before the tree collapsed during the hurricane and smashed the bus so it's now a mini monument. Needless to say, the Canadians did not donate another bus to Dominica.

January 24, 2012

This morning I had the whale and Dolphin safari and I had hopes of seeing some marine life today but unfortunately I did not get lucky today. I didn't get to see any marine life at all in the ocean. I still had a good time on the boat with everyone and had a wonderful boat ride for the whole time. I did shop and bought some souvenirs and spices to bring back home to cook with. It was a fun experience to be able to go to Dominica and can't wait for Brazil. I had a fun picture with an acquaintance on board though J

Sorry this was late but first few days before dominica

The first couple days getting on the MV Explorer were an experience that I will never forget. 24 individuals did not receive their passports with the Brazil visas which was crucial. It was a trip as we left port around 12pm on January 20^th only to return around 5:30pm to pick up the last of the 10 students who made it in time. We then permanently departed from Nassau Bahamas at 8pm on the same day. The following day started the classes and clubs. Some pictures of my inside room on the 4^th deck. J

The First day of classes was a little boring for me. My Operations management was at 8am and it wasn't that great for me so I hope it will be a little bit better. Art history made it that much harder to focus because for some odd reason that bored me as well so I hope the best will come out of these classes.