Holy Moley!!

Alright kids! I have 53 days until I fly on out of here...and I'm just a tad bit freaking out! I have a week of class and a few days of finals left for this semester. I had no idea that this semester would go this fast! I was expecting it to go on forever giving me ample time to prepare my mind for what is coming next. It is strange for a 21 year old to admit this, but I am going to miss my family like crazy and I'm already having a hard time grasping what it will be like to be away from them for 100 days! I'm just thankful that I will have a good long summer with my family when I come back.

Anyway, here's an update on what is happening with SAS:

• I signed up for pre-sale Field Programs a week ago, which was surprisingly difficult to do! I ended up signing up for a couple of smaller things in Puerto Rico (because it is our first port) but the BIG ones I signed up for were: Amazon in Brazil, Safari in South Africa, Delhi/Varanasi/Agra in India, and Cambodia!! I'm not guaranteed any of these trips, but I will find out which ones I get in a few weeks.
• I am currently taking the oral Typhoid vaccine! Oh fun!
• My mom and I started making packing lists.

Here's the time difference between Montana and all of the countries I will be in:

• Bahamas: 2 hours ahead
• Puerto Rico: 2 hours ahead
• Brazil: 3 or 4 hours ahead (depends on where I'll be going)
• South Africa: 8 hours ahead
• Mauritius: 10 hours ahead
• India: 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead
• Malaysia: 14 hours ahead
• Vietnam: 13 hours ahead
• Hong Kong: 14 hours ahead
• China: 14 hours ahead
• Japan: 15 hours ahead
• Hawaii: 4 hours behind
• Costa Rica: Same time!

Last but not least, if your feeling extremely "nicole-sick" one day then you can send me mail!!! Here is the list of where to send it and how soon you should send it out!

San Juan, PUERTO RICO Phone: 1 787 982 8888 Fax: 1 787 982 8890
Cruise Plus Service & Sales1760 Fernandez Juncos AvenueSan Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909 Send it out: January 12

Salvador, BRAZIL Phone: 55 71 3241 4990Fax: 55 71 3243 5633
Oceanus Agencia Maritima Av. Estados Unidos, 555, Room 712 40015-010 Salvador, BAHIA-BRASIL
Send it out: January 22

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Phone: 27 21 419 8660Fax: 27 21 421 6984
John T. Rennie & SonsPO Box 702, 1 Thibault Square8000 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Send it out: February 5

Port Louis, MAURITIUS Phone: 230 202 70 40Fax: 230 208 5814
Ireland Blyth Limited Shipping Operations Department No 6 Dr Ferriere Street Port Louis, MAURITIUS
Send it out: March 16

Chennai, INDIA Phone: 91 44 252 12032Fax: 91 44 252 43813
J.M. Baxi & Co. 3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex4 & 4A, Rajaji SalaiChennai 600 001, INDIA
Send it out: February 26

Penang, MALAYSIA Phone: 60 4 2623 245Fax: 60 4 2627 989
Inchcape Shipping Services SDN 4th Floor Unit 4BWisma Saw Chong Thuah39-c, Pengkalan Weld10300 Penang, MALAYSIA
Send it out: March 5

Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM Phone: 84 8 823 1052Fax: 84 8 824 2996
General Forwarding Agency5th Floor Osic Building8 Nguyen Hue AvenueD. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
Send it out: March 13

HONG KONG Phone: 852 2746 7312Fax: 852 2744 3240
Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd.Units 1802-1805, 18th FloorNo 3 Lockhart Road Wanchai, HONG KONG - CHINA
Send it out: March 20

Shanghai, CHINA Phone: 86 21 6323 1350Fax: 86 21 6329 1519
Penavico Shanghai 3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1) Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA
Send it out: March 24

Kobe, JAPAN Phone: 81 78 391 3046Fax: 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
Send it out: March 28

Honolulu, HAWAII Phone: 1 808 599 8604Fax: 1 808 599 1950
Inchcape Shipping Services 521 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 256 Honolulu, HI 96813
Send it out: April 8

Puntarenas, COSTA RICA Phone: 506 440 2000Fax: 506 442 8862
R. Smyth & Co S.A.500 M. Norte del Super SantiagoRio SegundoAlajuela, COSTA RICA
Send it out: April 26

And there you have it! This post took me a long time!