Nassau, Bahamas ~ Cadiz, Spain ~ Casablanca, Morocco ~ Walvis Bay, Namibia ~ Cape Town, South Africa ~ Port Louis, Mauritius ~ Chennai, India ~ Laem Chabang (Bangkok), Thailand ~ Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam ~ Hong Kong / Shanghai, China ~ Kobe / Yokohama, Japan ~ Honolulu, Hawaii ~ Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala ~ (Antigua, Guatemala City) ~ Fort Lauderdale, Florida

17 January 2009

*Deep Breath*

Here it comes.

My emotions are swinging in a lot of directions...from excitement to anxiousness to enthusiasm to a little nervousness. The truth is, the beginning of the trip approached very quickly. And although I've gone over my packing and to-do lists ad nauseam, I don't feel done preparing. Maybe it's because these preparations have been on my mind for almost a year, and I've just gotten used to that feeling of ongoing planning. Or it could be because it's my first time preparing for a trip of this kind, and I feel like if I were to look at the whole situation and think "OK, I'm finally ready", a more experienced traveler would step in and say "wait, don't for get about [...]". I guess I'm as ready as I can be, and that'll have to be good enough.

Well it's time to fly. Here I go.

(Next post will be from the ship.)

1 comment:

Jonathan said...

It's just so funny how opposite I feel. I don't have swinging emotions, I don't have anxiousness or excitement. It's like its not evening happening in two days. And it's not because I have traveling experience, I just take things as they come, and frankly, it's not here yet.