It's Real!!!!

Well....its slowly beginning to hit me that two weeks from tomorrow im leaving for around the world!! Packing has been pretty non existent up until this point and all of a sudden it seems very overwhelming. But obviously necessary. For those of you that don't know what I am doing, I am going around the world on a cruise ship called the MV Explorer with 700 other college students. I am taking four classes on the boat including global studies, world religions, poetry writing, and weather climate & society. We are beginning our trip in the Bahamas and traveling to Puerto Rico, Brazil, South Africa, Mauritius, India, Malaysia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, China, Japan, Hawaii, Costa Rica (through the Panama Canal) and finally arriving on May 9th in Miami! I will not have my cell phone or any phone for that matter while I am away for the next 31/2 months. If you want to contact me, you can leave me a comment on here or send me an email just be aware that if you leave a comment on here ANYONE and EVERYONE will be able to read it. So if its important or you dont want the world to know send me an email. It might take me longer to get back to you, but i will! My email is lucy.domenie@gmail.com. If you want to send anything to me while I am gone (cards, letters, pictures, etc) you can follow the information below:

Lucy Domenie
C/O: Explorer
Arrival Date
Port Agent Address


arrival dates: Puerto Rico= Jan 26, Brazil=Feb 5, South Africa=Feb 19, Mauritius=Mar 1, India=Mar 11, Malaysia=Mar 19, Vietnam=Mar 27, Hong Kong=Apr 3, China=Apr 7, Japan=Apr 11, Hawaii=Apr 22, Costa Rica=May 3, Miami=May 9!!!!!!!

PORT	ADDRESS OF PORT AGENT	SUGGESTED AIRMAIL DATE
San Juan, PUERTO RICO Phone: 1 787 982 8888 Fax: 1 787 982 8890	Cruise Plus Service & Sales 1760 Fernandez Juncos Avenue San Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909	January 12
Salvador, BRAZIL Phone: 55 71 3241 4990 Fax: 55 71 3243 5633	Oceanus Agencia Maritima Av. Estados Unidos, 555, Room 712 40015-010 Salvador, BAHIA-BRASIL	January 22
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Phone: 27 21 419 8660 Fax: 27 21 421 6984	John T. Rennie & Sons PO Box 702, 1 Thibault Square 8000 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA	February 5
Port Louis, MAURITIUS Phone: 230 202 70 40 Fax: 230 208 5814	Ireland Blyth Limited Shipping Operations Department No 6 Dr Ferriere Street Port Louis, MAURITIUS	February 16
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	February 26
Penang, MALAYSIA Phone: 60 4 2623 245 Fax: 60 4 2627 989	Inchcape Shipping Services SDN 4th Floor Unit 4B Wisma Saw Chong Thuah 39-c, Pengkalan Weld 10300 Penang, MALAYSIA	March 5
Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM Phone: 84 8 823 1052 Fax: 84 8 824 2996	General Forwarding Agency 5th Floor Osic Building 8 Nguyen Hue Avenue D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM	March 13
HONG KONG Phone: 852 2746 7312 Fax: 852 2744 3240	Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd. Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor No 3 Lockhart Road Wanchai, HONG KONG - CHINA	March 20
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	March 24
Kobe, JAPAN Phone: 81 78 391 3046 Fax: 81 78 391 3105	Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) Ltd. Kenryu Bldg, Room 502 6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku Kobe-shi, Hygo-ken 650-0024, JAPAN	March 28
Honolulu, HAWAII Phone: 1 808 599 8604 Fax: 1 808 599 1950	Inchcape Shipping Services 521 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 256 Honolulu, HI 96813	April 8
Puntarenas, COSTA RICA Phone: 506 440 2000 Fax: 506 442 8862	R. Smyth & Co S.A. 500 M. Norte del Super Santiago Rio Segundo Alajuela, COSTA RICA	April 26

If you want to visit the website you can go to www.semesteratsea.com and click on the spring 2008 voyage and see more!

Thats all I have for you today, but as the days dwindle down to my departure I am sure I will be writing more!!! I will update as often as I can as I am traveling! Hope you enjoy my blog and following me around the world!!

Love,
Lucy