The Preparation Has Begun

Well, we have packed the bags that will be shipped ahead to the ship and they will be picked up on January 7. Hopefully we have not forgotten anything important that will not fit in the bags we will take on the flight to Los Angeles. We are sure we are taking too much, and are a little bit concerned about where we will put everything. Christmas is two days away and cooking is in progress. Once we get over the Holidays, I'm sure we will be even more excited.

Itinerary

The following is the itinerary for our 2009 Grand Voyage.  We leave on January 19 and return on May 16 of 2009.

Day      Port                                              Arrive             Depart

0        Los Angeles, California VC                                  05:00 PM

1        At Sea

2        At Sea

3        At Sea

4        At Sea

5        Hilo, Hawaii                                  08:00 AM      08:00 PM

6        Honolulu, Oahu, United States  08:00 AM       11:59 PM

7        At Sea

8        At Sea

9        At Sea

10       At Sea

11       At Sea

12       At Sea

13       Funafuti, Tuvalu                          07:00 AM        06:00 PM

14       At Sea

15       At Sea

16       Port Vila (Vanuatu)                    07:00 AM        06:00 PM

17       At Sea

18       Noumea, New Caledonia           07:00 AM        11:59 PM

19       Ile De Pins, New Caledonia       07:00 AM        05:00 PM

20       At Sea

21       At Sea

22       Sydney, Australia ON VX          07:00 AM

23       Sydney, Australia VX                                           07:00 PM

24       At Sea

25       Melbourne, Australia VX          07:00 AM        06:00 PM

26       At Sea

27       Adelaide, Australia VX              08:00 AM        11:00 PM

28       At Sea

29       At Sea

30       At Sea

31       Perth (Fremantle), Australia     08:00 AM

32       Perth (Fremantle), Australia                              05:00 AM

33       At Sea

34       At Sea

35       At Sea

36       Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia     07:00 AM        04:00 PM

37       Slawi Bay, Komodo, Indonesia  08:00 AM        05:00 PM

38       At Sea

39       Semarang, Indonesia VX            08:00 AM        08:00 PM

40       Crossing the Equator

41       At Sea

42       At Sea

43       At Sea

44       Hong Kong, China ON                 08:00 AM

45       Hong Kong, China                                                  06:00 PM

46       At Sea

47       At Sea

48       Shanghai, China ON VX              08:00 AM

49       Shanghai, China VX                                               04:00 PM

50       At Sea

51       At Sea

52       At Sea

53       Nha Trang, Vietnam VX              08:00 AM        05:00 PM

54       At Sea

55       Kemaman, Malaysia                     08:00 AM        05:00 PM

56       Singapore                                       08:00 AM        11:00 PM

57       At Sea

58       Phuket, Thailand                          07:00 AM        11:00 PM

59       At Sea

60       At Sea

61       At Sea

62       Cochin, India                                 08:00 AM        05:00 PM

63       At Sea

64       Mumbai (Bombay), India            08:00 AM

65       Mumbai (Bombay), India                                       11:00 PM

66       At Sea

67       At Sea

68       Dubai, U.A.E.                                Noon

69       Dubai, U.A.E.                                                      11:59 PM

70       At Sea

71       Muscat, Oman                               07:00 AM        06:00 PM

72       At Sea

73       At Sea

74       At Sea

75       At Sea

76       Victoria, Seychelles                     07:00 AM

77       Victoria, Seychelles                                               06:00 PM

78       At Sea       At Sea

79       At Sea       At Sea

80      Mombasa, Kenya                       08:00 AM

81       Mombasa, Kenya                                                   04:00 PM

82       At Sea

83       Nosy Be, Madagascar                 08:00 AM        05:00 PM

84       Mamoudzou, Mayotte                08:00 AM        03:00 PM

85       At Sea

86       At Sea

87       Maputo, Mozambique                08:00 AM         06:00 PM

88       Richard's Bay, South Africa       10:00 AM         06:00 PM

89       Durban, South Africa                  05:00 AM         06:00 PM

90       At Sea

91       Cape Town, South Africa           01:00 PM

92       Cape Town, South Africa 

93       Cape Town, South Africa                                       05:00 PM

94       At Sea

95       Luderitz, Namibia                      07:00 AM          04:00 PM

96       Walvis Bay, Namibia                 07:00 AM          04:00 PM

97       At Sea

98       At Sea

99       St Helena, United Kingdom     08:00 AM          05:00 PM

100      At Sea

101      Georgetown, Ascension Island 08:00 AM        02:00 PM

102      At Sea

103      At Sea

104      At Sea

105      At Sea

106      Devil's Island, French Guiana    Noon               06:00 PM

107      At Sea

108      Port of Spain, Trinidad               08:00 AM        06:00 PM

109      Bridgetown, Barbados                 07:00 AM        11:00 PM

110      At Sea

111      Gustavia, St. Barts TR                  08:00 AM        05:00 PM

112      At Sea

113      At Sea

114      Fort Lauderdale, Florida              07:00 AM        05:00 PM

115      At Sea

116      At Sea

117      New York, New York                     07:00 AM