sorry

hey everyone, sorry it's taking me so long to blog up brazil, and now south africa. they are coming soon, i promise! i know mom's about to kill me... anyways, sorry! keep looking1

puerto rico, the bahamas... on the way to brazil!

Okay, so i had this big long post written out on my computer but now i can't find it, so that's not very helpful. The Bahamas were awesome, i mean who could complain about gambling and sitting on the beach all day drinking bahama mamas? we went swimming with the dolphins, and as soon as i figure out how to put pics up here i will. the dolphins were fun, we even got to do the "foot push" which is the whole titanic thing pushing through the water. We embarked- some nice shipboard language for yall there- on sunday, the 4th. after waiting in the scorching heat for like two hours, we got on, and i settled in to find my wonderful roommate. we didn't have class until the day before puerto rico, so it was pretty much one big pool party there for a little while. we got to puerto rico, and just kinda bummed around old san juan, which by the way, is absolutely gorgeous. the night before you get off the ship at a port, they give you a preport briefing on political situations, diplomatic situations, etc. basically safety stuff. their advice for puerto rico? keep amorous behavior to a minimum. (amorous behavior meaning sex, because they have had a very bad recent outbreak of stds) . hey, at least they let us know... the morning we got here, the governor got on, andgave a speech on puerto rico. so he's basically their president. by the way, p.r. is a u.s. territory, not state, not country. I GOT TO MEET HIM. yeah, seriously, got to shake his hand and everything, but no picture of it :(. that afternoon, we (friends and i) walked around old san juan, looking at the forts and such, and trying out local beer. that night we went to a welcome reception to interamericana university-puerto rico. they taught us how to salsa, and we also got to try a bunch of different puerto rican food. it's pretty much all delicious, probably because most of it is fried. but either way, all puerto rican food that i have had has been amazing. the next day, we went to the western part of the island to visit the rio camuy cave system. we started out hiking, and hiking. and hiking. it kinda sucked, but the guide would look back, see that i was about to die, then conveniently give a little factoid about whatever tree, region, etc. we were close to. :) i wasn't the fat kid on the trip, just the only one who wasn't afraid to let him know. anyways, we waded through a river, then jumped off a 6 ft rock into freezing cold water. after that, we hiked up a mountain. yes an entire mountain, to lunch. the family that fed us is completely self sufficient. they have an organic farm, outside showers, solar-powered everything, their own water supply (the river) and they zipline across the river in emergencies. it reminded me of spy kids :) they didn't filter their water at all, because p.r. happens to have one of the most naturally clean water supplies in the world. after a traditional puerto rican lunch, we ziplined across the river, then rapelled down a 90 ft. cliff. After that, we hiked back up the mountain and left... that night we had BIOLUMINESCENT BAY. Pretty much amazing trip. It has something to do with the dinoflagellates and plankton in the water, and the conditions are perfect here. P.R. has 3 or 4 out of the 7 in the entire world. it looks like little bitty lights are crawling all over you if you put anything in the water. We swam and stuff, etc. then kayaked back. i should mention that intoxicated kayaking is never something i would recommend, and here's why: granted, it made the sparkly things look a little more sparkly. but, downside is that there is a very narrow channel to go through to get there. i, the trusty captain, was not sober enough to steer correctly, so i ended up putting my first mate (dayna, girl in front) into the trees. we had gotten a little tipsy because they didn't have enough kayaks for our group to go, had to wait for another group to get back, and there happened to be a bar right there. so needless to say, we went straight to bed that night. okay, well, that's pretty much all for now, oh, and sangria is really good yall should try it. internet minutes are running out very quickly. i miss everyone!!!

Almost Ready!!! Shipping Addresses

Almost time to leave! I'm really really excited and excited to be kinda nerdy and do a blog :) I figured it was the best way for me to not have to write everybody, cause internet time is really really limited. So, I'm not really expecting much mail, but in the rare event yall do feel like mailing me, here are the addresses: (everybody else is putting this on their blog, I'm bored and feel like I should follow suit) Oh and one more thing, if I do get mail from anybody, I promise to send you back a really cool postcard from wherever I am! So please send me mail and make me feel loved :) Oh, and make sure you AIRMAIL, cause otherwise I will never get it... oh, and don't send anything expensive, there's still a good chance I won't get it. Ok... whew that took a while

For Brazil- Airmail no later than Feb. 3
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Feb. 17, 2007
Oceanus Agencia Maritima
Av. Estados Unidos, 397, Room 601-604
40018-900 Salvador, BAHIA BRASIL

For South Africa- Airmail no later than Feb. 16
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives March 2, 2007
John T. Rennie and Sons
PO Box 702, 1 Thibault House
8000 Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

For Mauritius- Airmail no later than March 1.
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives March 15, 2007
Ireland Blyth Limited
1 Queen Street, P.O. Box 53
Port Loius, MAURITIUS

For India- Airmail no later than Mar. 11
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives March 25, 2007
J.M. Baxi & CO.
52 Rajaji Salai
Chennai- 600 001, INDIA

For Malaysia- Airmail no later than Mar.19
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Apr. 2, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services SDN
4th Floor Unit 4B
Wisma Saw Chong Thuah
39-c, Pengkalan Weld
10300 Penang, MALAYSIA

For Vietnam- Airmail no later than Mar. 26
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Apr. 9, 2007
General Forwarding and Agency
5th Floor Osic Building
8 Nguyen Hue Avenue
D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM

For Hong Kong- Airmail no later than Apr. 3
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Apr. 17, 2007
Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd.
Units 1802-1805, 18th floor
No 3 Lockhard road
Wanchai, HONG KONG-CHINA

For China- Airmail no later than Apr. 7
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Apr. 21, 2007
Penavico Qindao
21 Wuxia road
Quingdao, 266002, P.R. CHINA

For Japan- Airmail no later than Apr. 11
Dana Delk
c/o MV Explorer
Arrives Apr. 25, 2007
Inchcape Shippin Services
Kenryu Bldg 11, Room 303
6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku
Kobe-shi, Hyogo-Ken 650-0024, JAPAN