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Students’ meetings
Living on board of the Thor Heyerdahl is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us students, but there are a lot of things we need to do to keep the ship running. We must clean the ship every day,… mehr lesen
Azores – setting foot on European ground again
For the last five months we´ve been sailing around half of the world on our ship -and home- the Thor Heyerdahl. We´ve visited so many countries that some of us don´t even remember the first stops in Falmouth or Lisbon.… mehr lesen
Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean
Many of us were really looking to the crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean, even if we also had a lot of respect, because of stories about many storms, that we were told. But that didn’t stop our excitement, so… mehr lesen
“Warschau!” insiders and running gags
With a growing and ever-changing community on board, one would expect many insiders to have developed. And, unsurprisingly, one would be correct. The thing is, I can´t possibly present all of them because we´ve spent so much time together that… mehr lesen
A zoom out view
“Outward Bound“- a concept we have probably all heard of. It is the educational theory by the educationalist Kurt Hahn as well as the educational fundament of the Thor Heyerdahl and the KUS-Project. It consists of four pieces: physical and… mehr lesen
Havanna – The city of contrasts
After our bike-tour and our stay at the Friedrich-Engels-School, we went to Havanna, the capital of Cuba. When we arrived in Havanna, we crossed the Plaza de la Revolución on our way to the hostel. Around the Plaza there are… mehr lesen
Taking over the ship
Taking over the ship is one of the students’ tasks in the project “Classroom under sail”. During the entire journey, there are three ship takeovers (German: Schiffsübergabe) and every one of them is unique in their own way. The first… mehr lesen
The struggles of the DPL
Show us a city, buy food for everybody. Or maybe plan a bike tour. All that and more are tasks of the Daily Project Leaders (DPL). But what even is the DPL? In Panama and Cuba, everyday two to three… mehr lesen
Riding bikes in Cuba
Our journey began last autumn in Kiel – we moved onboard the Thor Heyerdahl and left Germany. In our luggage, there weren’t only clothes for six months, but also over 30 bicycles. The following three months, they didn’t see any… mehr lesen
Returning to our new home
It is sometime in the morning. We’re sitting in small motorboats moving down a big river. Why are we sitting there? We’re on our way from Bocas del Toro, the last stop of our stay in Panama, back to the… mehr lesen