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| The beach in front of our villa this morning, cloudy, wavy, and cool in the ’70s. |
Our itinerary is in a state of flux as we await the postings of upcoming cruises. Cruise lines post a portion of their cruises approximately 18 months in advance and others at 12 months. We’ll see a cruise listed for 2013 or 2014, hoping it will recur again in 2015. However, many do not repeat the following year.
Our more imminent concern is a cruise posting to get us out of South Africa around March 2014 to travel along the safer western coast of the continent. If it is never posted we’ll fly from Nelspruit, South Africa back to Europe.
With our upcoming lightened luggage load on April 13th which we’ll handle when our ship docks in Miami for the day, we’re more comfortable with flying as necessary. We’ll pay for the allowable two bags each as required, neither of which will be overweight.
We’ll always prefer to travel by cruise provided the daily expense stays within our budget. There are many cruises available that meet our needs to get from one location to another. Unfortunately, the cost is often prohibitive, at times upwards of $10,000 for 14 to 15 days! That’s not for us!
With political unrest in many parts of the world, we remain in close contact with the US Department of State as to the safety of visiting any of the countries in our itinerary. We’re not foolhardy. If there is an imminent danger, we’ll change our plans, regardless of the potential loss of any deposits paid.
Should this happen, we’ll rebook the time period for a location, we’ll enjoy as much and go on with the remainder of our plans. We’d decided this strategy when we began our research. Of course, we’ll post changes as soon as they occur.
As you can see our current bookings end on May 14, 2015. This is NOT the end of our journey. As we travel on we’ll continue our research, which we both find quite entertaining. We’ll make decisions for traveling on, health providing.
In 801 days, we’ll have only experienced the “tip of the iceberg,” speaking of which…perhaps Antarctica is on the agenda.
So here it is folks, our next days with more to follow. Items marked in turquoise are booked cruises.
| Locations | # Days | Dates |
| Belize Rental | 62 | 2/5/2013-4/9/2013 |
| Cruise Belize to Miami |
4 | 4/9/2013 – 4/13/2013 |
| Cruise Miami to Miami |
7 | 4/13/2013-4/20/2013 |
| Cruise Miami to Barcelona |
11 | 4/20/2013 -5/1/2013 |
| Cruise Barcelona to Barcelona |
4 | 5/1/2013 – 5/5/2013 |
| Barcelona Hotel |
1 | 5/5/2013 – 5/6/2013 |
| Cruise Barcelona to Dubai |
15 | 5/6/2012 – 5/21/2013 |
| Dubai Hotel | 13 | 5/21/2013 – 6/3/2013 |
| Flight Dubai to Barcelona | 0 | 6/3/2013-6/3/2013 |
| Hotel Barcelona | 1 | 6/3/2013-6/4/2013 |
| Cruise Barcelona to Venice |
12 | 6/4/2013-6/16/2013 |
| Venice to Tuscany – Train | 0 | 6/16/2013 |
| Tuscany Rental – 17th century villa |
76 | 6/16/2013 – 8/30/2013 |
| Tuscany to Rome – Train | 0 | 8/31/2013 |
| Rome to Kenya – Flight | 2 | 9/1/2013 |
| Kenya Rental – Diani Beach house |
90 | 9/1/2013 -11/30/2013 |
| Kenya to South Africa – Flight |
1 | 11/30/2013 |
| South Africa Rental – Kruger National Park – House |
116 | 12/1/2013-3/26/2014 |
| Kruger National Park to Durban, South Africa – driver |
0 | 3/26/2014 |
| Cruise Durban to Capetown – waiting to book |
4 | 3/26/2014 – 3/30/2014 |
| Cruise Cape Town to Genoa Italy – waiting to book |
18 | 3/30/2014 – 4/17/2014 |
| Drive Genoa, Italy along French Riviera to Cannes |
1 | 4/17/2014 – 4/18/2014 |
| Cannes to 16th Century Stone House, Cajarc, France |
30 | 4/18/2014 – 5/17/2014 |
| Stone House to Lisbon – Flight to Madeira |
1 | 5/18/2014 |
| Madeira, Portugal | 76 | 5/18/2014-7/31/2014 |
| Spain, London, France, Portugul (free time to explore) | 66 | 7/31/2014-10/26/2014 |
| Cruise Barcelona to Miami |
14 | 10/26/2012-11/9/2013 |
| Cruise Miami to Miami |
7 | 11/9/2014 – 11/16/2014 |
| Miami Hotel | 1 | 11/16/2014 -11/17/2014 |
| Cruise Miami to Los Angeles – Will book 6/1/2013 |
13 | 11/17/2014 -11/30/2014 |
| Hawaii Rental – Big Island |
46 | 11/30/2014 – 1/14/2015 |
| Kauai Condo Rental |
120 | 1/15/2015-5/14/2015 |
| Estimated Days Remaining from 3/5/2013 |
801 | |
| 5/14/2015 on…we’ll begin adding to the end as soon as bookings become available | ||