Tomorrow, we finally get to walk onto the ship and off we go on this trip that we that booked some 17 months ago, 515 days!
The title, 'Voyage Into Uncertainty' is admittedly a bit dramatic! But there is a bit of truth to it, for the following reasons...
1. We do not know a single soul on this ship. That may not sound like an issue and you are right. Fellette and I have certainly been on longer trips, without knowing a soul. But in the last 20 years we have usually gone with friends that we met previously while travelling. We will spend the next 38 days talking to strangers, think about that for a moment. Some people would relish that, I know, I am OK with it but do like the familiarity of old friends.
2. Our ultimate destination and where we fly home from is Hong Kong. In Hong Kong right now, uncertainty is the keyword. Things can certainly change in 38 days and we hope so. That adds a bit of uncertainty to the adventure for sure.
Actually, I like a bit of 'travelling on the edge', it adds to the adventure and we have done so many times before: We were in Kenya, Africa in 1991with son Craig at the outbreak of the First Gulf War when all planes in and out of Kenya and Tanzania were suspended. We also went to Europe just after Chernobyl when most people cancelled their travel plans there. And again, we were in Maui on 911 with granddaughter Alicia and friend Myra, when all planes in and out were cancelled. Nobody knew for how long at the time.
It is like a bit of hot sauce on a meal, it adds some spice to travel, a bonus so to speak.
What I will certainly miss while away is talking to our three adult children, as I usually do every single day, as well as my brother and sister and a good personal friend.
For Fellette, she prefers a little more stability for sure but knows that things always work out, somehow. And she will trade a bit of uncertainty any day of the week for the sheer pleasure of opening our cases tomorrow and unpacking them then relax and be treated like royalty for the next 6 1/2 weeks!
Last sleep in our own bed tonight for some 38 or so days!
Last sleep in our own bed tonight for some 38 or so days!
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