The time to leave is coming quicker than expected considering that I still have to get some things and fit EVERYTHING in one (yep, you heard right, one bag for 3.5 months) That's like a girls worst nightmare! But nonetheless it will happen even if its 2 minutes before we leave the house. (If you can't tell, I tend to be a tad late minute.)
Everything is pretty much in order... I received my passport with the Chinese, Indian, and Brazilian visas, got poked for the 4th time for meningitis, and am in the process of actually putting clothes into my bag.
My journey will begin on Monday. My mom, my dad, my brother, and myself will drive down to LAX and stay the night at a hotel down there in order to catch our EARLY flight to Miami and then on to Nassau. We should arrive by mid afternoon on Tuesday so I will be able to meet up with other SASers that evening. I have to check in on the ship at 8:30am on Wednesday and then set sail for Puerto Rico at 5:00pm. From there... Bring on the world! :)
Here is what the rest of the voyage will look like:
January 23rd, 2008 - May 9th, 2008
Nassau, Bahamas
Depart: Wednesday, 23 January, 1700 (times are listed in military time)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Arrive: Saturday, 26 January, 0800
Depart: Monday, 28 January, 2300
Salvador, Brazil
Arrive: Tuesday, 05 February, 0700
Depart: Saturday, 09 February, 2300
Cape Town, South Africa
Arrive: Tuesday, 19 February, 0800
Depart: Sunday, 24 February, 2300
Port Louis, Mauritius
Arrive: Saturday, 01 March, 0800
Depart: Tuesday, 04 March, 2300
Chennai, India
Arrive: Tuesday, 11 March, 0800
Depart: Saturday, 15 March, 2300
Penang, Malaysia
Arrive: Wednesday, 19 March, 0800
Depart: Sunday, 23 March, 2300
(Stop in Singapore for Bunker)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Arrive: Thursday, 27 March, 0800
Depart: Tuesday, 01 April, 0600
(On-Ship Time is Monday, 31 March at 2300)
Hong Kong
Arrive: Thursday, 03 April, 0800
Depart: Friday, 04 April, 2200
Shanghai, China
Arrive: Monday, 07 April, 0800
Depart: Tuesday, 08 April, 2300
Kobe, Japan
Arrive: Friday, 11 April, 0800
Depart: Monday, 14 April, 2300
(Cross International dateline, add one day)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Arrive: Tuesday, 22 April, 0600
Depart: Tuesday, 22 April, 2400
Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Arrive: Saturday, 03 May, 0800
Depart: Sunday, 04 May, 2300
Transit Panama Canal
Arrive/Depart: Tuesday 06, May
Miami, Florida
Arrive: Friday, 09 May, 0800
1 ship
700 students
110 days
4 continents
13 countries
Around the world.
4 comments:
Cuz..you're going to have such a great time. I am so JEALOUS!! One piece of advice though, before you set sail from Nassau: If Kathie Lee Gifford jumps on board, keep her calm until Brazil, then go and get a blow gun and poison-dart her sorry butt. Make sure you use poison from the frog Phyllobates terribilis - theirs is a slow acting toxin which causes excruciating pain. Tell 'er it's payback for all those annoying commercials.
I can't believe that you are already on your way. AHHHHHhhhhhhh Cherie! This trip is going to be insane!
Cherie!
Sounds amazing. Enjoy Puerto Rico :)
And give me tips on the whole one bag thing...Hanni and I are backpacking Europe for over a month, including the cruise. Um.
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