{"id":4359,"date":"2024-07-07T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T13:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/author"},"modified":"2024-09-26T09:52:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T13:52:27","slug":"blog-post-title-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chasing-sunsets.blog\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"Planned World Cruise Route"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4359\" class=\"elementor elementor-4359\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2894b62f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2894b62f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55b4fa2b\" data-id=\"55b4fa2b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65863c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b65863c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Countdown to Sailing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9acb60b elementor-countdown--label-block elementor-widget elementor-widget-countdown\" data-id=\"9acb60b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"countdown.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div data-expire-actions=\"[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;hide&quot;}]\" class=\"elementor-countdown-wrapper\" data-date=\"1734624000\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-countdown-item\"><span class=\"elementor-countdown-digits elementor-countdown-days\"><\/span> <span class=\"elementor-countdown-label\">Days<\/span><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2510bda0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2510bda0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hopefully, the seas will cooperate, allowing us to reach every port. Notably, our travels will encounter a few interesting features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Malaria-prone sections of Indonesia and African countries:<\/strong> We will have malaria medications to take two days prior and seven days after leaving these areas.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yellow Fever concerns in Kenya and Mozambique<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Time changes<\/strong> resulting in many 25-hour days<\/li>\n<li><strong>International date line crossing<\/strong>, where we will lose a full day going east to west<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Weather unknowns as Australia will be at the end of summer, and by the time we reach Spain and England, it will be late spring.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the ports removed from recent Viking World Cruises include Ho Chi Minh City, India, Melbourne, and Tasmania, Australia.<\/p>\n<p>We are part of a Viking World Cruise Facebook page, where many have shared that this is not their first Viking World Cruise. I would guess they enjoyed it so much they came back for more. The Africa itinerary is one reason for some; others simply enjoyed the leisure of world cruising for five months. Additionally, several members are from the infamous Viking 2021-2022 World Cruise, which re-routed while sailing due to the COVID pandemic. We can&#8217;t wait to hear those stories firsthand.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countdown to Sailing Days Hopefully, the seas will cooperate, allowing us to reach every port. Notably, our travels will encounter a few interesting features: Malaria-prone sections of Indonesia and African countries: We will have malaria medications to take two days prior and seven days after leaving these areas. 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