So here's my travel blog (for all you college students this is probably about the 5th or 6th time someone has said, hey follow my blog while I'm abroad). Anyway, I'll post my itinerary here as well as all my various mailing addresses. It is currently 7:22 in the morning, and I'll be on a plane in a few hours. Huzzah! I'm off! For those of you that don't know, I will be abroad this semester travelling on the M. V. Explorer, the Semester at Sea ship. I will be traveling to Canada, Spain, Morroco, Ghana, South Africa, Mauritias, India, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Japan, and Hawaii.
If you want a post card or something of that nature from my travels, go ahead and post your address here, and I'll send you one at some point (if I remember, but I should).
I plan on updating this more or less 2 times I'm in each port of call. We'll see if that actually happens, but I promise I'll try.
Anyway, itinerary (huzzah for copy and paste):
Destination | Arrive Depart | Day | Date | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada | Depart | Friday | 28 August | 1700 |
| Cadiz, Spain | Arrive Depart | Saturday Tuesday | 05 September 08 September | 0800 2000 |
| Casablanca, Morocco | Arrive Depart | Thursday Monday | 10 September 14 September | 0800 2000 |
| Accra, Ghana | Arrive Depart | Tuesday Friday | 22 September 25 September | 0800 2000 |
| Cape Town, South Africa | Arrive Depart | Saturday Thursday | 03 October 08 October | 0800 2000 |
| Port Louis, Mauritius | Arrive Depart | Thursday Saturday | 15 October 17 October | 0800 2000 |
| Chennai, India | Arrive Depart | Friday Tuesday | 23 October 27 October | 0800 2000 |
| Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam | Arrive Depart | Tuesday Sunday | 03 November 08 November | 0800 0600 |
(On-ship time is 2100 on Saturday, November 07) | ||||
| Hong Kong / Shanghai, China | Arrive Depart | Wednesday Monday | 11 November 16 November | 0800 2000 |
| Yokohama / Osaka, Japan | Arrive Depart | Friday Tuesday | 20 November 24 November | 0800 2100 |
(Cross International Dateline; Add One Day) | ||||
| Honolulu / Hilo, Hawaii, USA | Arrive Depart | Friday Monday | 04 December 07 December | 0600 2000 |
| San Diego, California, USA | Arrive | Monday | 14 December | 0800 |
And finally my mailing addresses at the various different ports, for those of us still inclined towards snail mail (please note, DO NOT SEND PACKAGES, it is very doubtful I will get them at all, and if I do, not without a hefty tariff and customs rummaging all through them). I will also have email, not my regular one, but a different one. I don't know what that is yet, but as soon as I do I'll let you know.
So address the letter as follows:
MV-Explorer - Fall 2009 Voyage
ATTN: Name of Recipient
Port Agent Address (from list below)
| PORT | ADDRESS OF PORT AGENT | SUGGESTED AIRMAIL DATE |
|---|---|---|
| Cadiz, SPAIN Phone: 34 956 276 112 Fax: 34 956 276 766 | Perez Y CIA S.L. | August 21 |
| Casablanca, MOROCCO Phone: 212 61 29 8894 Fax: 212 22 48 4793 | LASRY MAROC S.A. | August 27 |
| Accra, GHANA Phone: 233 22 300 894 / 5 Fax: 233 22 202 989 | HULL BLYTH Seatec House / PO Box CO 214 Akosombo Road TEMA | September 8 |
| Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Phone: 91 44 252 12032 Fax: 91 44 252 43813 | JOHN T. RENNIE & SONS 19th FLOOR No.1 Thibault Square 8001 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA | September 19 |
| Port Louis, MAURITIUS Phone: 230 202 70 40 Fax: 230 208 58 14 | Ireland Blyth Limited Shipping Operations Department No 6 Dr Ferriere Street Port Louis, MAURITIUS | October 1 |
| Chennai, INDIA Phone: 91 44 252 12032 Fax: 91 44 252 43813 | J.M. BAXI & CO 3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex 4 & 4A, Rajaji Salai Chennai 600 001, INDIA | October 9 |
| Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM Phone: 84 8 825 7996 Fax: 84 8 824 2996 | GENERAL FORWADING AGENCY 5th Floor Osic Building 8 Nguyen Hue Ave. D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM | October 20 |
| HONG KONG Phone: 852 2786 1155 Fax: 852 2744 3240 | INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (HK) Ltd. Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor Nº 3 Lockhart Road Wanchai, Hong Kong - CHINA | October 28 |
| Shanghai, CHINA Phone: 86 21 6323 1350 Fax: 86 21 6329 1519 | PENAVICO SHANGHAI 3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1) Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA | November 1 |
| Yokohama, JAPAN Phone: 81 45 201 6991 Fax: 81 45 212 1614 | INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES 2F Asahi Seimei Yokohama Honcho Bldg 36, 4-Chome Honcho, Naka-ku Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-005, JAPAN | November 6 |
| Honolulu, HAWAII Phone: 1 808 599 8604 Fax: 1 808 599 1950 | INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES 521 Ala Moana Blvd Suite 256 Honolulu, HI 96813 | November 20 |
| Hilo, HAWAII Phone: 1 808 599 8604 Fax: 1 808 599 1950 | INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES 521 Ala Moana Blvd Suite 256 Honolulu, HI 96813 | November 23 |
tata for now folks.
