Well, we have started our Journey on Semester at Sea, and I have ran a total of 3 miles in the last five days. I am compensating by taking in a miniscule amount of calories, which is easy to do when you look at the buffet selection on the ship. The trip started with a flight to Nassau Bahamas. We spent three days in Nassau on the Ship going through orientation. I am the Audio/Visual Coordinator and when I got to my assigned area I realized I will have a lot to learn. They have a pretty advanced AV room with all kinds of gadgets and gizmos. I am in charge of helping the professors set up for their classes, and also organizing the many requests people have for presentations in the big "Union." My two co-workers are Ludwig from the Phillipines and Igor from the Ukraine. They are both amazingly smart with AV stuff, so my job is being that critical link between the professors and presenters and their expertise. I have already streamlined some services and am getting very good at figuring things out, and looking really busy. While at Bahamas we were able to go to the Atlantis, which is a 150 acre resort, and simply jaw-dropping. The Bahamas to me is similar to Mexico. Lots of taxis and lots of poverty. The people are very low key, and funny. They don't seem to take worry too much. The beach we went to was beautiful, with white sand and warm water. Coral is found all along the shore. As we sailed away from the Bahamas we all were quickly aware of the ocean. The ship is large, but about 1/3rd the size of the big cruise ships. You definately can feel the motion of the ocean, and being in the Bermuda Triangle the waves and swells are consistently large. Little loco (William) has thrown up three times today, and presently I have just finished cleaning up #3. We hope all adjust in the near future and get our "sea legs." I am having a good time and learning a lot. I learned today that running on the treadmill on a moving ship is not easy. I ran off the thing three times before I figured I had to hold on with both hands. There is a running group here and I am going to join and have a few runs at our next port in Dominica. I hope all is well back home. Later, and happy running....