Housekeeping

A little heads up just for those of you who might not know, internet is not free for us here on board. I (Grace) have personally linked my gmail account to my email here (bgweik@semesteratsea.net, Liz is ermarshall@semesteratsea.net) and am notified if comments are left on my Facebook account, but I am not able to follow links or respond to messages. By all means, please keep commenting there - I would love to be able to come back and see them all on my page and be able to share them with others - but if you want a response please, please, please feel free to email me here, which is cheap as free. I also have 24-hour access and love to hear from anybody back home, even if it's just to drop a quick hello. I am working on postcard correspondence, so please redirect your addresses here. Also, it is possible to mail things to our next ports of call for us to pick up once the ship has docked, and directions for that are posted below. One final point - my own network is very limited, as seen by the number of people actually following this blog. Please pass this link and my email address on to anybody and everybody, forward it through email or link me up on Facebook. Not only would I love to share my stories with everybody and receive feedback, but all miss hearing from home. Comment, share, spread the wealth, and we will happily return the favor.

 

 

 

C A L E N D A R A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N - F A L L 2 0 0 9 V O Y A G E

Airmail: Currently the U.S. Post Office recommends sending international mail at least two weeks prior to the arrival of the ship. Please keep in mind that mail service in other countries may vary. Letters should be sent Airmail only. Please do not send any mail to the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE) or to the University of Virginia to be forwarded.

ISE does not recommend sending packages to the ship - Excessive duty is charged in some countries. In many instances, packages are held in customs or at local post offices and are not processed in time to be delivered to the ship. If you send packages, you do so at your own risk. We strongly discourage sending currency and other valuable items. In many countries, it is illegal to send medication or food.

Disclaimer: Mail delivery to the ship is dependent on many outside factors and entities that are out of the control of ISE. Therefore, ISE cannot assume liability for lost, damaged or undeliverable items or the cost associated with the return of such items.

When sending mail please mark “MV Explorer – Fall 2009 Voyage” on the first line and “Attn: Participant’s Name” on the second line. The Port Agent’s Address (from the list below) should be written on the subsequent lines.

PORT. ARRIVE - DEPART. ADDRESS OF PORT AGENT. (SUGGESTED AIRMAIL DATE).

Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA  Oct 3 - Oct 8 JOHN T. RENNIE & SONS (Sep 19)

Phone: 27 21 419 8660 0800 2000 19th FLOOR

Fax: 27 21 413 0290 No.1 Thibault Square

8001 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

 

Port Louis, MAURITIUS Oct 15 - Oct 17 Ireland Blyth Limited (Oct 1)

Phone: 230 202 70 40 0800 2000 Shipping Operations Department

Fax: 230 208 5814 No 6 Dr Ferriere Street

Port Louis, MAURITIUS

 

Chennai, INDIA Oct 23 - Oct 27 J. M. Baxi & Co. (Oct 9)

Phone: 91 44 252 12032 0800 2000 3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex

Fax: 91 44 252 43813 4 & 4A, Rajaji Salai

Chennai 600 001, INDIA

 

Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM Nov 3 - Nov 8 General Forwarding Agency (Oct 20)

Phone: 84 8 823 1052 0800 0600 5th Floor Osic Building

Fax: 84 8 824 2996 8 Nguyen Hue Avenue

D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM

 

HONG KONG, CHINA Nov 11 Nov - 12 Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd. (Oct 28)

Phone: 852 2746 7312 0800 2300 Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor

Fax: 852 2744 3240 N° 3 Lockhart Road

Wanchai, HONG KONG – CHINA

 

Shanghai, CHINA Nov 15 - Nov 16 Penavico Shanghai (Nov 1)

Phone: 86 21 6323 1350 0800 2000 3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1)

Fax: 86 21 6329 1519 Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA

 

Yokohama, JAPAN Nov 20 - Nov 21 INCHCAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (Nov 6)

Phone: 81 45.201 6991 0800 2300 F Asahi Seimei Yokohama Honcho Bldg

Fax: 81 45.212 1614 36, 4-Chome Honcho, Naka-ku

Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-0005, JAPAN

 

Kobe, JAPAN Nov 23 - Nov 24 Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) Ltd. (Nov 9)

Phone: 81 78 391 3046 0700 2100 Kenryu Bldg, Room 502

Fax: 81 78 391 3105 6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku

Kobe-shi, Hygo-ken 650-0024, JAPAN

 

Honolulu, HAWAII Dec 4 - Dec 5 Inchcape Shipping Services (Nov 20)

Phone: 1 808 599 8604 0600 2000 521 Ala Moana Blvd.

Fax: 1 808 599 1950 Suite 256

Honolulu, HI 96813

 

Hilo, HAWAII Dec 6 - Dec 7 Inchcape Shipping Services (Nov 23)

Phone: 1 808 599 8604 0800 2000 521 Ala Moana Blvd.

Fax: 1 808 599 1950 Suite 256

Honolulu, HI 96813

 

Arrival/departure times are listed above in local times. Based on Eastern Standard Time, the time on-ship is behind by the number of hours listed below:

Spain: +6 hours   Morocco: +4 hours   Ghana: +4 hours   S. Africa: +6 hours   Mauritius: + 8 hours   India: +9.5 hours   Vietnam: +12 hours   China: +13 hours   Japan: +14 hours   Hawaii: -5 hours