Keep in Touch

Here's the deal...on the ship, I will only have 250 minutes of free internet. MEANING: My normal internet usage and having my away message up on instant messenger will no longer be a reality. I will also not be checking my email with great frequency (haha except for course scheduing time for this summer and this fall!!)

What this means is you should send me letters that will get to me when I arrive in my different ports!! Listed below are the addresses to which you can send all letters and if you mail them by the suggested date, I should get them! Also...make sure you AIRMAL the letters....if you use regular mail and it goes by ship...I'll be long back in the United States before my letters reach Malaysia!

It is recommended that you not send packages, however, because excessive duties can be placed on them, and it is likely I will never receive it.

But...the good news is that if you send me a letter in a port, I will send you home a postcard from that port...I'm pretty sure you all want to beef up your impressive post card collections, so write me! I'll miss you all and want to stay in touch!

Puerto Rico: AIRMAIL no later than JAN 24th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives February 7, 2007
Cruise Plus Service & Sales
1760 Fernandex Juncos Avenue
San Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909


Brazil: AIRMAIL no later than FEB 3rd

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives February 17, 2007
Oceanus Agencia Maritima
Av. Estados Unidos, 397, Room 601-604
40018-900 Salvador, BAHIA-BRAZIL


South Africa: AIRMAIL no later than FEB 16th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives March 2, 2007
John T. Rennie & Sons
PO Box 702, 1 Thibault House
8000 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA


Mauritius: AIRMAIL no later than MAR 1st

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives March 15, 2007
Ireland Blyth Limited
1 Queen Street, PO Box 53
Port Louis, MAURITIUS


India: AIRMAIL no later than MAR 11th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives March 25, 2007
J.M. Baxi & CO
52 Rajaji Salai
Chennai-600 001, INDIA


Malaysia: AIRMAIL no later than MAR 19th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives April 2, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services SDN
4th Floor Unit 4B
Wisma Saw Chong Thuah
39-c, Pengkalan Weld
10300 Penang, MALAYSIA


Vietnam: AIRMAIL no later than MAR 26th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives April 9, 2007
General Forwarding & Agency
5th Floor Osic Building
8 Nguyen Hue Avenue
D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM


Hong Kong: AIRMAIL no later than APR 3rd

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives April 17, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd.
Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor
No 3 Lockhart Road
Wanchai, HONG KONG- CHINA


China: AIRMAIL no later than APR 7th

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives April 21, 2007
Penavico Qingdao
21 Wuxia Road
Quingdao, 266002, P.R. CHINA

Japan: AIRMAIL no later than APR 11th <>

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives April 25, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services
Kenryu Bldg II, Room 303
6, Kaigan-dori, Chu-ku
Kobe-shi, Hyogo-Ken 650-0024, JAPAN

Hawaii: AIRMAIL no later than APR 23rd <>

LeeAnne Kosovich
C/O: MV Explorer
Arrives May 7, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services
Gentry Pacific Center
260 North Numitz Hwy, Suite 103
HONOLULU, Hawaii 96817, USA

KEEP IN TOUCH YOU CRAZY CATS! :)

Donations for Children

I am stealing this idea from another SASer, and I'm just copy-ing and pasting her idea here! I think it is an absolutely wonderful way to bring a little bit of what we have here to the children in the countries I will be visiting...please consider what you might be able to do to help me do this!

"Hello All!!

I am currently accepting anything you have that would be great for the children I will meet while travelling. This includes children in South Africa, India, Vietnam, and China as I intend to visit and experience orphanges and villages. Ideas of things include:

• Crayons, markers, and coloring books
• Compact/ Small bottle of bubble-blower (ex: Mr. Bubble)
• Compact/ Small picture-books
• Kids' Toothbrush
• Notebook
• Stickers
• Polaroid camera & film... for me to take of them, and for them to keep of themselves

... etc etc ... Basically, something compact that I can travel with... and quickly pull out for kids along the way...

I hope to give you, in exchange, a picture of the kid that received it. I can't promise the picture, but it's just one way that you can go on the trip with me.

I think this is a great way to get some 'clutter' out of your home, and 'gifts of joy' into the homes of others. After all, this is an international world that we live in, and those that are 6,000 miles away from us are more related to us than we may think.

Again, this is just a thought and I'm not expecting anything new. If anything should come of it, I just hope others are able to realize the needs of others while we look at the luxuries we posses.

Thank you!!"

November Update 1!

So....that list below? Forget it! I'm planning on travelling indepedently ( here on out referred to as "indy") in a lot of ports to save money, experience the real culture of a place, AND meet new friends!

I'm still going to try to do SAS trips in India, Vietnam and China, but I think I'm going to take the world head on in the other ones! Adventure, here I come!

Just this afternoon I went and got all of my shots for the trip and prescriptions for antibiotics for traveller's illnesses, tamiflu for resporitory problems, and malarone for malaria. 66 days on malarone baby.

I also received my course confirmations!

101 GS 3 Global Studies Christie 0920-1035
372 Rel St 3 Mysticism and Religious Experience Salisbury A 0800-0915
234 Pol Sc 3 Intro to International Relations Milner A 1255-1410
322 Hist 3 Topics in European History: Medieval Travel Accounts
Salisbury B 1045-1200


I am definitely going to have to try to pick up an easy 5th class on the ship though, because I need the credits!

I'm starting to plan the above indy trips with a girl named Regina from the West Coast...who woulda thunk that Facebook would bring people together like that! yeah SAS and Facebook! haha


Just have to return my financial aid forms that were due last Friday and health forms! And get my visa apps filled out, after I come back from Chicago next weekend since I'll need my passport!

Less than three months...it hardly seems real!

Countdown to SAS..

1. I've been academically admitted since February
2. I sent my deposit to the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) in March.
3. I received the forms for financial aid about a month ago and I need to write my essay and send the information in by September 15.
4. The sample field program for my voyage was released yesterday. I made a list of all the programs I am REALLY REALLY interested in doing, and compiled them.

Here's my list for now

Puerto Rico - docking in San Juan
- I figure a lot of Puerto Rico can be done independently. It is such a tourist destination for Americans, takes US dollars, and I've heard a lot of people speak English, so it seems like it would be the ideal place to just travel with people I meet on board.
- Welcome Reception: $36
- Bioluminescent Bay $42
- I want to visit the churches: San Juan Cathedral, Iglesia de San Jose, Capilla de Cristo...and any Episcopal church I happen upon :)

Brazil - docking in Salvador
- Service Visit Cultural Mobilization Project for Children in Danger $16
- Welcome Reception $40
- Bahia by Night $50
- Itaparica Island $38
- Iguassu Falls (Three Days/Two Nights) $995
- The Amazon (Three Days/ Two Nights) $1036

South Africa - docking in Cape Town
- Service Visit: Operation Hunger $30
- Khayelitsha Township $48
- Robben Island $37
- Cape Peninsula and Cape Point $98
- And I'm going to do a safari independently with some other people on my ship for around $600
- And I'm going to sky dive and do one of the cage diving with sharks things

Mauritius - docking in Port Louis
- Mauritius is basically our spring break, so they don't offer many SAS excursions...most people just get a house and hang out on the beach and such. I plan on lazying around too, but..
- Service Visits and City Orientation $59

India - docking in Chennai
- Delhi/Agra/Varanasi (Four Days/Three Nights) $1241 (This is my first choice and if I get it, I won't be able to do these other options.)
- Welcome Reception $34
- Service Visit: Mother Theresa's Orphanage $12
Seminar on Poverty and Gender $16

Malaysia - docking in Penang
- Welcome Reception $25
- International Student Exchange: Universiti Sains Malaysia (Two Days/One Night) $75
- Singapore (Three Days/Two Nights) $454
- Temples and Shrines of Penang $26

Vietnam - docking in Ho Chi Minh City
- Cu Chi Tunnels and Cao Dai Temple $41
- Mekong Delta Overnight $149
- Cambodia: Temples of Angkor $689
- Ho Chi Minh City Temples and Churches $14

Hong Kong - docking in Hong Kong! and Qingdao
- I will be leaving directly from Hong Kong to the Internation Student Exchange to Beijing and will travel for four days in China before arriving in Qingdao to get on the boat.
- Internation Student Exchange $560

China - docking in Qingdao

Japan - docking in Kobe
- Welcome Reception $5
- I am going to be getting a rail pass ($250) so I can travel to Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Nara, and within Kobe.

Honolulu
-Stars and Stripes (All about the role of Hawaii in World War II) $67
- Snorkeling Adventure $75
- Polynesian Cultural Center with Luau $107



so that's my little bit of SAS planning so far!
5 months 3 weeks 2 days :)
- Polynesian

just a test...not sailing the world for another 8 and a half months, but I wanted to set this up now!