R.A.T. Your Rodent Around-the-World Traveler (a.k.a. Raz)

Hi, My name is R.A.T., which stands for Rodent Around-the-World Traveler (I like to think it stands for Rodent Adventure Traveler), but everyone here calls me Raz for short. I would love to share my adventures with you. I left my rat family in early January to seek adventure. Everyone said "head west young rat," so that is what I did. I headed west to San Diego, California where I ran out of land and had to hop on a ship to continue my journey. It turns out that the ship I found was going west around the world--a dream come true! The MV Explorer is home to the famous Semester at Sea study abroad program. My shipmates include 629 college students and about 150 faculty, staff, lifelong learners, and family members. Things are really busy here on the ship and even busier when we are in port. Come follow me vicariously as I take this incredible journey. Yours, R.A.T.

P.S. I had such a great time on the voyage that the adventure continues!!!!



Sunday, February 8, 2015

Hong Kong - Ferrys and Lions

Here I am relaxing a bit in the Guilin airport on way to Hong Kong.

Some of my student friends in the airport. They had been really starved for WiFi as there is very limited Internet on the ship.

Made it back home to the MV Explorer in Hong Kong.

Here I am taking the ferry to downtown Hong Kong.

Departing the ferry.

This is a favorite ritzy hotel for weddings!

A bunny wedding couple on the front of a car!


We came across some lions ready to celebrate Chinese New Years in a Hong Kong park.

A strange looking lion.

One of the regal lions at the HSBC Building.


This lion wasn't so tough. See she was playing with one of her cubs. Okay, so going in her mouth maybe wasn't such a great idea.

What was even scarier was coming across this poster!!!

To calm my nerves we went to McDonalds for a Coke.
Here I am with one of my younger ship friends waiting to get back on board.







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