Author: Matthias Chan
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UWC Day 009 – Bonaire – Beauty in Nature
Was most excited about Bonaire in the three island ABC chain, partly because I had found a photography tour with a Casper Douma a freelance conservation photographer for the World Wildlife Foundation (WWF). We had plans to go all around the island, and it was a nice change of pace to not have to plan…
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UWC Day 008 – Curaçao – Finding Peace in the Small Things
Biggest island in the ABC chain of islands (Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao), I was told by multiple people on the ship, as well as on Aruba that Curaçao had “nothing to see or do” and to wait for Bonaire. I’m glad I didn’t listen to them and did my own thing instead! Changing Plans Changed…
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UWC Day 007 – Aruba! Island Time, Cacti and Wildlife – The Art of Being Flexible
New day, new port! I don’t think I’ve ever been to Aruba before, unless my parents brought us on a cruise I don’t remember. In doing some research, the night before, I decided to play my plans by ear and be flexible. Looked like drone flights needed to be scheduled and approved the day before,…
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UWC Day 006 – Cruising Day in the Wind
Suuuuper windy day. Apparently pretty common in these parts — windy, humid and hot. Assumed my clocks would all automatically move ahead an hour, but they did not…woke up and it was already noon, and I set about to wander the ship. Juices and Shakes Turns out that the juices in the morning are only…
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UWC Day 005 – Cruising Day and Rest
Last couple days, only got about 4 hours (or less) of sleep at night, so seeing as how we had a cruising day, I took advantage and got a whopping 7.5 hours before waking up and just catching up on news (and other nonsense on my phone). Finally decided it was time to get up…
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UWC Day 004 – Chichén Itzá and Mayan Culture
Note: Video from yesterday’s foolishness finally uploaded…will update yesterday’s post, but here it is if you want to watch it — it’s pretty shaky :D. Got about 3 hours of sleep last night before having to wake up for the first world wonder excursion that was a freebie for the world cruise (with platinum status…
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UWC Day 003 – Cruising with some good old fashioned foolishness
Woke up early cause I found out there was a town hall for full world cruisers at the bright and early time of 9AM (which was unfortunate cause I slept at 4AM :D). Stumbled to the town hall to find that most of the information was old news that had already been communicated via multiple…
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UWC Day 002 – Perfect Day at CocoCay (or on the ship)
Generally stay onboard at CocoCay cause I’ve been many times, and I would rather enjoy some alone time on the ship. In this case, because we’re already under capacity, it was even better, and got to just have a very relaxing chill day without doing much. Measuring the track I ended up starting the day…
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UWC Day 001 – Come Sail Away
Definitely was replaying the scene of Troy leaving the Community group on a boat with Come Sail Away playing over the background today as we left the hotel and boarded our new home for the next 9 months. Read the rest of this post with that playing in you head now (you can thank me…
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It’s time!!!
I left Minnesota on the 29th and made my way down to Columbia for one last week of work, before my mini-retirement (ala Favre and Brady). Had a fantastic week just catching up with people and wrapping things up, in more ways than one, it felt like the ending of a chapter in my life.…
Matti 