CLASS AFLOAT TOP TEN

Selection criteria: Photos must be taken by a Class Afloat student and must have been posted on Instagram (not necessarily taken) during the month for which they are to be considered for Top Ten.

Picture this: A dark night in the lively capital of Barbados. Street lights flaring orange and white with the odd flicker every now and then. Taxis, lined up at the port waiting for customers and blasting their speakers to drown out the Sunday night parties.

                You may think me crazy, but I assure you that I am not. It’s just that these people around me seem so much bigger than they are sometimes. With their great noises and unending motion, their motor-run mouths and the space they take. When you truly stop, breathe, and stare, there’s something in the disorder that sweeps you away, pulling you into its current. They do not sway like the ship on days of heavy wind. They vibrate. Oftentimes, I along with them, buzz at high frequency. It’s how you stay afloat here.

Celebrating the bond between Floaties

A Floatie: an inflatable object on which a person may sit or recline while floating in water. Or, in Class Afloat speak, a friend, crew mate and companion with whom you have shared life-changing experiences and who keeps you afloat, making you feel at ease, safe and confident in your own skin.

Ah, l'amour.

Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Isn't it time to celebrate your love of travel?

CLASS AFLOAT TOP TEN

As we welcome the start of 2018, we're starting new traditions here at Class Afloat!

Well, Paramaribo for one. Caimans for another. Palm Trees, rivers, the list goes on.

Are you interested in spending your gap year at sea?

Calling all teachers, college counselors, students and parents: Join us on the Gap Year Fair circuit as we make stops in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Toronto!

Join our Ho-Ho-Holiday Information Session!

Grab a cup of hot cocoa and some holiday cheer and join us for a quick presentation followed by a casual Q&A with our Director of Admissions.

Stepping off the Gulden Leeuw was definitely a change in this port, compared to the others. Personally, I have been to Morocco before, but most of the students onboard weren't used to the shock of such a different culture.