Exactly 3 Weeks til SAN DIEGO!!!

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

Since I got back on the ship since China, all I’ve been doing is sleeping. I was incredibly sick while I was on my trip to Beijing and Xi’an. I tried to make the most out it though and do as much as my body would allow. But by the end of the night, I was incredibly exhausted and not in the mood to go out to eat or see the night life. I really haven’t been that sick in a very long time. The ship doctor was on my trip and didn’t do a dang thing about it. I don’t like to talk bad about him because he’s probably a very intelligent guy, but a lot of people of the ship have had bad experiences with him. So anyway, I am still recovering from being sick- I haven’t been able to taste food since I left Hong Kong, which was a week ago. I’m still coughing horribly which keeps me up at night and my roommate up. Tomorrow we will be in Kobe. Everyone on the ship has to have their temperature taken before they get off the ship and if ANYONE has even a slight fever, they will NOT be aloud off the ship. I’m hoping and praying that I will be feeling fine tomorrow otherwise I will not be aloud off. Japanese officials are very strict about letting sick people into the country. I’m so excited for the Japan! It’s my last port to go all out and have as much fun as possible. Tomorrow after we dock in Kobe 8 of us girls will travel by bullet train to Hiroshima for the day. On the 26th we will head to Tokyo for a night, then Kyoto for two nights and then back to the ship for the last day! One of the girls made up an itinerary for everyone for each day so we know what’s going on. We are going to do a lot of site seeing and traveling. I’m hoping that I will be better by tomorrow. The doctor said I can get pneumonia very easily with a cough like mine and to be extra careful and sleep lots. So I’m trying my best to rest up as much as possible! Last night on the ship was had comedy night on the 7th deck. We all bundled up in jackets, hats and pants, drank hot chocolate and snuggled up in blankets while watching our fellow students do stand-up. It was HILARIOUS to say the least! I haven’t laughed that hard in days!:) Everyone just chilled upstairs all night and then I headed downstairs. I sat down in the hall to talk to my neighbor Craig and slowly more people sat down and pretty soon we had about 5 of us in the hall talking and laughing till really late. I’m trying my hardest to enjoy every last minute on the ship because it’s going to be over before I know it. I bought raffle tickets today to get off the ship first! We’ll see what happens! Anyways, tonight is our last Pre-Port of the voyage… it’s supposed to be better than any other pre-port we’ve had. It’s sad to think that after Japan we’ll be heading home! Bonvoyage to the sea and hello to land!! I’m missing you all! Pray for my safety in Japan- as well as my health! Loving you all from the Sea of China!

xoxo
Little Miss Traveler