Posted by Amanda

On the ship we will have very limited internet access and no phone contact with the outside world. We will do our best to send postcards but please keep in mind, it will be harder for us to find stamps and a post office in an unfamiliar city than it will be for you to drop a letter in your mailbox. With that written, please write us lovely, long letters. Here is how to do it:


Important Reminder: Mail to those aboard ship should be addressed as follows:

Amanda Atkinson (or Noah Smith)
C/O: Explorer cabin 2042
Arrival Date
Port Agent Address

Currently the U.S. Post Office recommends sending international mail at least two weeks in advance. Please keep in mind that mail service in other countries may vary. Letters should be sent Airmail only. Please do not send any mail to the Institute for Shipboard Education or to the University of Virginia to be forwarded. Do not enclose currency in the mail.

Please do not send packages to the ship - excessive duty is charged in some countries. In many instances, packages are not delivered to the ship. Packages may be held in customs, or at a local post office, and the recipient aboard ship is never notified. If you send packages, you do so at your own risk.


PUERTO RICO
Cruise Plus Service & Sales
1760 Fernandez Juncos Avenue
San Juan, PUERTO RICO, 00909
MAIL BY: January 12--whoa! this is coming right up

BRAZIL
Oceanus Agencia Maritima
Av. Estados Unidos, 555, Room 712
40015-010 Salvador, BAHIA-BRASIL
MAIL BY: January 22

SOUTH AFRICA
John T. Rennie & Sons
PO Box 702, 1 Thibault Square 8000
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
MAIL BY: February 5

MAURITIUS
Ireland Blyth Limited
Shipping Operations Department
No 6 Dr Ferriere Street
Port Louis, MAURITIUS
MAIL BY: February 16

INDIA
J.M. Baxi & Co.
3rd Floor, Clive Battery Complex
4 & 4A, Rajaji Salai
Chennai 600 001, INDIA
MAIL BY: February 26

MALAYSIA
Inchcape Shipping Services SDN
4th Floor Unit 4B
Wisma Saw Chong Thuah
39-c, Pengkalan Weld
10300 Penang, MALAYSIA
MAIL BY: March 5

VIETNAM
General Forwarding Agency
5th Floor Osic Building
8 Nguyen Hue Avenue
D. 1, Ho Chi Minh City, VIETNAM
MAIL BY: March 13

HONG KONG
Inchcape Shipping Services (HK) Ltd.
Units 1802-1805, 18th Floor
No 3 Lockhart Road Wanchai
HONG KONG - CHINA
MAIL BY: March 20

SHANGHAI, CHINA
Penavico Shanghai
3/F 13 Zhong Shan Road (E 1)
Shanghai 200002, P.R. CHINA
MAIL BY: March 24

JAPAN
Inchcape Shipping Services (Japan) Ltd.
Kenryu Bldg, Room 502
6, Kaigan-dori, Chuo-ku
Kobe-shi, Hygo-ken 650-0024, JAPAN
MAIL BY: March 28

HAWAII
Inchcape Shipping Services
521 Ala Moana Blvd.
Suite 256
Honolulu, HI 96813
MAIL BY: April 8

COSTA RICA
R. Smyth & Co S.A.
500 M. Norte del Super Santiago
Rio Segundo
Alajuela, COSTA RICA
MAIL BY: April 26