Great News and then Great News !!!

Results are in and the visit with the surgeon confirms that the surgery was a success. The Rock Star surgeon was able to use as such expertise and limited invasive techniques to not only remove the entire tumour but to do so while limiting any damage to sensitive organs and other blood vessels, we are so very thankful to have been put into such capable hands and have a whole new respect to our medical practitioners. There is an another follow up scan in three months but effective last week, Jan has been given a clean bill of health to be able to travel. So what does do with such news, welllll... you visit your travel agent of course. After a two hour visit with Carla (at Steeles Travel) and spending the rest of the week clearing our calendar and dealing with last minute Visa issues with the Arab United Emirates and the India Consulate we are now booked and ready to join our travel friends and a cruise that is currently in progress. We plan on surprising our friends in Dubai (not such a surprise if they read this) on board the Rotterdam which is currently on a 90 days turn around cruise from Rotterdam, Amsterdam. Joining the cruise in Dubai will be at the 22 day of the cruise, so we will be joining the MS Rotterdam for the balance of the cruise or 68 days. Itinerary is as follows: Jan 29th, Flight to Dubai - direct from Seattle, nice. Jan 30th, Land and overnight in Dubai Jan 31st, Join the MS Rotterdam, over night in Dubai Feb 01st, Day in Dubai, depart at 11:59pm Feb 02nd, Day in Abu Dhabi Feb 03rd-05th, At Sea Feb 06th, Day in Marmagao (Goa), India Feb 07th, Day in Manglaore, India Feb 08th, Day in Cochin, India Fen 09th-Feb 10th, At Sea Feb 11th, Afternoon and Evening in Port Blair, India Feb 12th, At Sea Feb 13th, Day in Porto Malai, Malaysia (Gateway to Kuala Lumpour) Feb 14th, Day in Port Klang, Malaysia Feb 15th, Day in Singapore Feb 16th, At Sea Feb 17th, Day in Tanjung Priok, Indonesia (Gateway to Jakarta) Feb 18th, Day in Semarang, Java, Indonesia Feb 19th, At Sea Feb 20-Feb 21st, Tanah, Ampo, Bali, 2 full days leaving at midnight on the 21st. Feb 22nd, Day in Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia Feb 23rd, Day in Komodo Island, Indonesia - Home of the Komodo Dragon Feb 24th, Day in Ujung, Padang, Indonsesia Feb 25th, At Sea Feb 26th, Day in Probolinggo, Java, Indonesia Feb 27th, Day in Surabaya, Indonesia Feb 28th, At Sea Mar 1st, Full Day in Singapore to 10:00pm Mar 2nd, At Sea Mar 3rd, Day in Penang, Malaysia Mar 4th, Day in Phuket, Thailand Mar 5th-6th, At Sea Mar 7th, Day in Colombo, Sri Lanka Mar 8th-9th, At sea Mar 10th-11th, Two full days in Mumbai (Bombay) India - Depart at 11:00pm Mar 12th-13th, At Sea Mar 14th-15th, Two days in Muscat, Oman Mar 16th, At Sea Mar 17th, Day in Salalah, Oman Mar 18th-21st, At Sea Mar 22nd, Day in Aqaba, Jordan - Gateway for Petra Mar 23rd, Day in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Mar 24th, Daylight cruising the Suez Canal Mar 25th, At Sea Mar 26th, Day in Piraeus (Athens), Greece Mar 27th, At Sea (Mediterranean) Mar 28th, Day in Messina, Italy Mar 29th, Day in Naples, Italy Mar 30th, Day in Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy Mar 31st, At Sea Apr 1st, Day in Alicante Spain Apr 2nd, Day in Almeria, Spain Apr 3rd, Day inTangier, Morrocco Apr 4th, Day in Cadiz, Spain Apr 5th, Afternoon and Evening in Lisbon, Portugal Apr 6th-7th, At Sea Apr 8th, Southhampton, England Apr 9th, Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Fly home It is a good thing we just renewed our passports as there would have not been enough blank pages for all the entry and exits stamps. All told we will be visiting 17 counties over the 68 days, looking forward to the sea days to get some rest. We are very happy and feel very fortunate to be able to take on such an adventure at this time, we welcome you to join us by following this blog - I will be updating everyday if possible so you are able to see what we are up to just about live. Until Dubai next week...