Author: abeeonthego
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Aye aye Captain!
Three months have come and gone by since my last post. I settled back at home, started university and time has flown since then. But from my experiences last year, travel can never be missing from my life and the call to be back out on the water is still ever present. Having completed the…
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Final Gap Year Post
And there we have it, an entire year filled with travels, incredible memories, forever friendships and a passport fat with stamps. I am currently in the plane, an hour away from touchdown writing this after completing the final three posts for this year; I am promptly reflective on my experiences. I read my first posts…
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Roma and the end of the best summer of my life
Sardinia had been but a blip in time, we had just arrived and were already leaving. Rome (Civitavecchia really, but who cares about an hour car ride distance?) was our next port-of-call . It was also to be our last. Part 1: Student-led passage At the end of every semester, students on board Vela elect…
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Gibraltar: A Big Small Rock
Hello everyone! This is your trainee mate writing from over the Atlantic ocean in Gibraltar. After seven days at sea, we finally made it to the end point of our ocean crossing and can now officially say, we did it! Coming in to the straight of Gibraltar is weird. After days at sea with little…
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Portugal’s Azores
Sailing across the Atlantic ocean, we finally arrived in the Azores for a week-long stay.
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A Trans-Atlantic Passage Described
On the course of my 70 day seamester program, we left the BVIs and crossed the Atlantic during a 17 day passage.
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BVIS: Ten Days In
After two months back home, I am back out into the world. This time, I am in the British Virgin Islands and am spending those days on Vela, a college summer program hosted on a sailboat, before our departure to the Azores.
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Gap year: Part 2
After two months spent back at home, I flew off again for more adventures. This time, it is to spend 70 days on a sailing yacht as a trainee. We’ll be travelling from the British Virgin Islands (BVIS) near Puerto Rico to Rome, Italy spending time in the Azores, Barcelona, Corsica and even Sardinia. As…
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Traveling Turkey
My few weeks in Turkey were a wonderful end to my seven-month backpacking trip. Read along as I detail my travels from Istanbul to the Anatolian coast and Cappadocia with my friend Emma.
A bee on the go 