Probably the last post before I venture off...

So it's coming down to the wire. I leave in less than 48 hours (at least I think I leave in less than 48 hours... it's late and math has become difficult to an embarrassing degree) so I've entered into the period where I have my prerequisite freak-out and try not to get too nervous. I believe I've gotten everything I need and am ready to pack.

If you want to send me your address in the next couple of days (email me at fulton.krista@gmail.com) I'll put you aside as someone I can possibly send a postcard to. To be fair, I am awful at sending out postcards or mail of any sort but we can hope that I'll be so desperate to communicate with you all back home at that point that I'll send you whatever I can. Like letters. Or, um, trash. But it will be foreign trash and therefore all the more charming/alluring.

Also, feel free to leave comments on these posts whenever you want. Just press the text at the bottom of the entries describing how many posts there are and you'll be directed to a page that will allow you to leave your own. I promise I'll read them whenever I can and hopefully I'll be able to respond.


So that's it! I'll be missing you all while I'm gone. Everyone check up on my parents and take care of Ashley. Byeeee ♥♥♥♥♥♥

Contact info

Port	Arrive	Depart	Address of Port Agent	Suggested Airmail Date
San Juan, Puerto Rico Phone: 1-787-982-8888 Fax: 1-787-982-8890	Jan. 26th 0800	Jan. 28th 2300	Cruise Plus Service & Sales 1760 Fernandez Juncos Ave San Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909	Jan. 12th
Salvador, Brazil Phone: 55-71-3241-4990 Fax: 55-71-3243-5633	Feb. 5th 0700	Feb. 9th 2300	Oceanus Agencia Maritima Av. Estados Unidos, 555, Room 712 40015-010 Salvador, BAHAI-BRASIL	Jan. 22nd
Cape Town, South Africa Phone: 27-21-419-6984 Fax: 27-21-421-6984	Feb. 19th 0800	Feb. 24th 2300	John T. Rennie and Sons PO Box 702, 1 Thibault Square Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA	Feb. 5th
Port Louis, Mauritius Phone: 230-202-70-40 Fax: 230-208-5814	Mar. 1st 0800	Mar. 4th 2300	Ireland Blyth Limited Shipping Operations Department No 6 Dr Ferriere Street Port Louis, MAURITIUS	Feb. 16th
Chennai, India Phone: 91-44-252-12032 Fax: 91-44-252-43813	Mar. 11th	Mar. 15th	J.M. Baxi & Co. 0800 2300 3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex 4 & 4A, Rajaji Salai Chennai 600 001, INDIA	Feb. 26th
Penang, Malaysia Phone: 60-4-2623-245 Fax: 60-4-2627-989	Mar. 19th 0800	Mar. 23rd 2300	Inchcape Shipping Services SDN 4th Floor Unit 4B Wisma Saw Chong Thuah 39-c, Pengkalan Weld 10300 Penang, MALAYSIA	Mar. 5th
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Phone: 84-8-823-1052 Fax: 84-8-824-2996	Mar. 27th 0800	Apr. 1st 0600	General Forwarding Agency 5th Floor Osic Building 8 Nguyen Hue Ave D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM	Mar. 13th
Hong Kong Phone: 852-2746-7312 Fax: 852-2744-3240	Apr. 3rd 0800	Apr. 4th 2300	Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd. Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor N◦ 3 Lockhart Rd Wanchai, HONG KONG - CHINA	Mar. 20th
Shanghai, China Phone: 86-21-6323-1350 Fax: 86-21-6329-1519	Apr. 7th 0800	Apr. 8th 2300	Penavico Shanghai 3/F 13 Zhong Shan Rd (E 1) Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA	Mar. 24th
Kobe, Japan Phone: 81-78-391-3046 Fax: 81-78-391-3105	Apr. 11th 0800	Apr. 14th 2300	Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) Ltd. Kenryu Bldg. Room 502 6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku Kobe-shi, Hygo-ken 650-0024, JAPAN	Mar. 28th
Honolulu, Hawaii Phone: 1-808-599-8604 Fax: 1-808-599-1950	Apr. 22nd 0600	Apr. 22nd 2400	Inchcape Shipping Services 521 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 256 Honolulu, HI 96813	Apr. 8th
Puntarenas, Costa Rica Phone: 506-440-2000 Fax: 506-442-8862	May 3rd 0800	May 4th 2300	R. Smyth & Co S.A. 500 M. Norte del Super Santiago Rio Segundo Alajuela, COSTA RICA	Apr. 26th

Full Schedule

Destination	Arrive Depart	Day	Date	Time
Nassau, Bahamas	Depart	Wednesday	23 January	1700
San Juan, Puerto Rico	Arrive Depart	Saturday Monday	26 January 28 January	0800 2300
Salvador, Brazil	Arrive Depart	Tuesday Saturday	05 February 09 February	0700 2300
Cape Town, South Africa	Arrive Depart	Tuesday Sunday	19 February 24 February	0800 2300
Port Louis, Mauritius	Arrive Depart	Saturday Tuesday	01 March 04 March	0800 2300
Chennai, India	Arrive Depart	Tuesday Saturday	11 March 15 March	0800 2300
Penang, Malaysia	Arrive Depart	Wednesday Sunday	19 March 23 March	0800 2300
	(Stop in Singapore for Bunker)
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Arrive Depart	Thursday Tuesday	27 March 01 April	0800 0600
	(On-Ship Time is Monday, 31 March at 2300)
Hong Kong	Arrive Depart	Thursday Friday	03 April 04 April	0800 2200
Shanghai, China	Arrive Depart	Monday Tuesday	07 April 08 April	0800 2300
Kobe, Japan	Arrive Depart	Friday Monday	11 April 14 April	0800 2300
	(Cross International dateline, add one day)
Honolulu, Hawaii	Arrive Depart	Tuesday Tuesday	22 April 22 April	0600 2400
Puntarenas, Costa Rica	Arrive Depart	Saturday Sunday	03 May 04 May	0800 2300
Transit Panama Canal	Arrive Depart	Tuesday	06 May
Miami, Florida	Arrive	Friday	09 May	0800

First post!

All right, so I'm making the virgin post on this here travel journal to see how this format works. I'm more familiar with the whole livejournal scene but my other nerd friends have sung this site's praises so I'm going to give it a whirl! Thus far, it suits my fancy just fine.

So yeah... welcome! This is basically going to be chronicling my journey with Semester at Sea (or Seamester as my dear friend Ashley has deemed it), hopefully including pictures and, if the internet allows it, videos. I have no idea as of yet what the internet on board will be like. I can only guess that it a.) won't work too well and b.) will be very expensive, but I'm still hoping to update once a week. Or more, given the fact that I'll be doing so much in country. Or, uh, less... since part of the time I'll be stuck on the ship. So it'll just be up in the air! Hold onto your hats; it'll be pretty darn exciting to see my posting patterns.

Aaaaanyway. I'm getting pumped up for this crazy adventure! I'll be putting important links on the side-bar (hopefully including details on the countries I'm visiting along with news pertaining to where I'm going... and maybe a shipping forecast? Again, oh the excitement of such uncertainty! Anything could happen) and there is a list of the places I'm going along with the dates I'll be there. Hopefully I'll be posting soon what exact cities I'll be going to though the second half of the itinerary won't be finalized until I'm on the ship.

There you have it! Hopefully upcoming posts will be slightly more interesting. I'll be sending this around but please feel free to give people this URL. I mean, it might be better if they actually know me but, hey, if they actually care then more power to them.


Okay, I have to go finish watching the I Love New York reunion. Oh, how I will miss terrible reality television.