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			<![CDATA[Welcome everyone to my blog! As you all know I will be sailing around the world with Semester at Sea this fall! We depart the Bahamas on August 29th and travel to:
BrazilNamibiaSouth AfricaIndiaMalaysiaVietnamHong KongChinaJapanHawaiiCosta Rica
I am going to do my absolute best to keep this as updated in my travels. I hope you enjoy! 
If you want to send me mail, the addresses/dates to send by are listed below...
***When addressing the envelope, here is the format:MV-Explorer - Fall 2008ATTN: Ben SwinkPort Agent Address (see below)PORT ADDRESS OF PORT AGENT &amp; SUGGESTED AIRMAIL DATE 
Salvador, Brazil (Aug 24)OCEANUS AGENCIA MARITIMAAv. Estados Unidos, 5557th Floor / Room 71240015-010 Salvador, BRAZIL 
Walvis Bay, NAMIBIA  (Sept 5)
OCEAN LINER SERVICESThe Maritime Building2 Third Steer / PO Box 4Walvis Bay, REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA 
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA (Sept 12)JOHN T. RENNIE &amp; SONS19th FLOOR No.1 Thibault Square8001 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA 
Chennai, INDIA (Sept 30)J.M. BAXI &amp; CO3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex4 &amp; 4A, Rajaji Salai600 001 Chennai, INDIA 
Penang, MALAYSIA (Oct 8)
INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES SDN4th Floor Unit 4BWisma Saw Chong Thuah39-c, Pengkalan Weld10300 Penang, MALAYSIA 
Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM (Oct 16)GENERAL FORWADING &amp; AGENCY5th Floor Osic Bldg.8 Nguyen Hue Ave.D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIET NAM 
Hong Kong, CHINA (Oct 23)INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES (HK) Ltd.Units 1802-1805, 18th FloorNº 3 Lockhart RoadWanchai, Hong Kong, CHINA 
Shanghai, CHINA (Oct 27)PENAVICO SHANGHAI3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1)200002 Shanghai, P.R. CHINA 
Kobe, JAPAN (Oct 31)INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICESKenryu Bldg, Room Nº 5026 Kaigan-dori, Chuo-kuKobe-shi, Hyog-ken 650 0024, JAPAN 
Yokohama, JAPAN (Nov 3)Phone: 81 45 201 6991Fax: 81 45 212 1614 INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES2F Asahi Seimei Yokohama Honcho Bldg36, 4-Chome Honcho, Naka-kuYokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 231-005, JAPAN 
Honolulu, HAWAII (Nov 13)INCHAPE SHIPPING SERVICES521 Ala Moana BlvdForeign Trade Zone Number 9Suite 256Honolulu, HI 96813 
Puntarenas, COSTA RICA R. Smyth &amp; Co S.A.500 M. Norte del Super SantiagoRio SegundoAlajuela, COSTA RICA 
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			<title><![CDATA[Beijing, China]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Friday November 7th- 2nd day Hong Kong/Beijing               I put together a group of 19 students and organized a camping trip on the great wall. We are flying out of Shenzhen airport on the China...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hong Kong, Hong Kong]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Thursday November 6th- arrive Hong Kong               This morning we pulled into Hong Kong at 8 am and you could not really see anything until we got into port because it was another foggy morning...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Beijing, China]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Hey all, We are about to pull out of Shanghai. The past few days were very very busy and I loved ever minute of them. We got into Hong Kong on the 6th and we didn't do much that day other than wonder...]]>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Monday November 3rd- last day in Nam 
      Today was our last day in Vietnam. We woke up early once again and went to the city post office to get stamps and use the phones. There were pay phones all...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Sunday November 2nd - 4th day in Nam 
This morning we woke up early yet again. Just like yesterday and the Mekong Delta, we decided to just wing it and try to go to the Cu Chi Tunnels. We had heard f...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Saturday November 1st- 3rd day in Nam 
      Today we woke up pretty early because we had plans to go to the Mekong Delta and wanted to be on our way by 8:00. The delta is the southern most part of V...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Friday October 31st, Day 2 Vietnam 
      Today was our first full day in Vietnam. Lacey and I had both signed up for an SAS sponsored trip to a school for handicapped children. The trip left from th...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Wednesday October 30th 
Finally in Nam and it is so much fun! Ho Chi Minh City is located on a river so we had to take a river from the ocean for a few hours to get here. And we didn't get here until...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Penang, Malaysia]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Sunday October 26th 
      Today is our last day in Malaysia. We had an 11:30 flight out of KL so we left our hotel around 8:30 to leave ourselves plenty of time and took a taxi rather than a bus. We...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia]]></title>
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				<![CDATA[Saturday October 25th 
      This morning we woke up in our comfy 5 star hotel suite at 7:30am so we could get to the Patronas towers early enough to get tickets to go up to the sky bridge which conn...]]>
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