Here is a update of a few things that I hope to do in the countries we will be visiting.

Orlando, Florida

Harry Potter Theme Park at Universal Studios



Nassau, Bahamas

Hang out with other SASers around Nassau

Visit Atlantis on Paradise Island



Roseau, Dominica

Bumpiing tour to Titou Gorge, Trafalgar Falls, Morne Bruce, and snorkeling at Champagne Reef.



Manaus, Brazil

undecided



Takoradi, Ghana

undecided



Cape Town, South Africa

Three Day/Two Night Safari at Kruger National Park

Visit Cape Point/Peninsula (Cape of Good Hope, Boulders Beach, etc.)

Horseback riding wine tour



Port Louis, Mauritius

Catamaran/Snorkeling



Chennai, India

Trip to the Taj Mahal and Varanasi for Four days/Three nights



Singapore, Singapore

undecided



Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Mekong Delta day trip

Trip to Cambodia: Phnom Penh and Angkor Wat for Three days/Two Nights



Hong Kong

Visit Lantau Island

Trip to Beijing including an overnight ON the Great Wall of China!



Shanghai, China

undecided



Kobe, Japan

Visit Kyoto



Yokohama, Japan

Explore Tokyo

Travel to Mt. Fuji



Hilo, Hawaii

Full-day Hilo Orientation




We get to apply for some of our trips/excursions in November so I will have a better idea by then about exactly what I will be doing! :)

110 days until we board the MV Explorer!!!!

I will be applying for my Visas this upcoming weekend! I need them for Brazil, Ghana, India, China, and Vietnam. I never realized how expensive visas are! And how complicated it is to apply for them! Lots of paperwork.

Also, I am making an appointment this week at a travel clinic to get my vaccinations/prescriptions. I need them for Yellow Fever, Typhoid, Malaria, Rabies, Polio, Japanese Encephalitis, and I need to make sure my Hep A and Hep B ones are up to date. That's a LOT of needles. hahaha

Average Temperatures


January =

Orlando, Florida - 61 degrees - 2.1 inches precipitation

Nassau, Bahamas - 71 degrees - 1.9 inches precipitation

Roseau, Dominica - 75 degrees - 4.2 inches precipitation

Macapa, Brazil - 80 degrees -

Manaus, Brazil - 81 degrees - (20 days of January have rain...) RAIN RAIN RAIN



February =

Takoradi, Ghana - 82 degrees -

Cape Town, South Africa - 71 degrees -

Port Louis, Mauritius - 80 degrees - 9.8 inches precipitation



March =

Chennai, India - 83 degrees - 0.4 inches precipitation
Agra, India - 72 degrees - 0.3 inches precipitation

Singapore, Singapore - 83 degrees - (15 days of March have rain...) RAIN

Saigon, Vietnam - 84 degrees - 0.4 inches precipitation

Siem Reap/Phnom Penh, Cambodia - 83 degrees - 1.4 inches precipitation

Hong Kong, China - 73 degrees - 5.5 inches precipitation
Shanghai, China - 59 degrees - 3.7 inches precipitation
Beijing, China - 57 degrees - 0.7 inches precipitation



April =

Kobe, Japan - 58 degrees - (15 days of April have rain...) RAIN
Yokohama, Japan - 57 degrees - (same with rain)
Kyoto, Japan - 53 degrees - (5.9 inches of precipitation)

Hilo, Hawaii - 73 degrees - (13.5 inches of precipitation) RAIN/CLOUDS

San Diego, California - 62 degrees - 0.8 inches precipitation

So today is September 7th. I lied. It's now midnight, so I guess it's September 8th. But anyways... I will be flying to Orlando exactly 4 months from yesterday!!!!

I thought I would look up the exchange rates of the American dollar in the places that I will be traveling to. I'll compare them just before I leave and see how they differ between now and then.


1 Bahamas Dollars per United States Dollars


2.6849 East Caribbean Dollars per United States Dollars


7265 Brazil Reais per United States Dollars


1.44 Ghanian Ciel per United States Dollars


7.2277 South Africa Rand per United States Dollars


30.840 Mauritian Rupee per United States Dollars


46.519 India Rupees per United States Dollars


1.3456 Singapore Dollars per United States Dollars


19469. Vietnam Dong per United States Dollars


4200 Cambodian Riels per United States Dollars


7.7657 Hong Kong Dollars per United States Dollars


6.7883 China Yuan Renminbi per United States Dollars


84.208 Japan Yen per United States Dollars

I have been inspired by another SASer, Lilly Sutherland, and her idea to create a Bucket List for our "voyage".

My amaaazing roommate, Tram, and I will be gathering ideas to add to our list of things we want to accomplish during the spring semester. Please comment or message me with any ideas you have! I will gather all of the ideas, we will choose the ones we like, and I will post the list the night before I fly to Orlando (the evening of January 6th).

This could get interesting...