I yesterday mentioned that we would be taking Fall trip to Dubai, long delayed from last year by cancellation of our world cruise that stopped by there for the World Expo.  Unfortunately that attraction is over, and the next World's Fair will be in Osaka in 2025. The Dubai stop came by accident this time.  After not doing much of anything for 2.5 years, we did take a short  7-day cruise throughout the Hawaiian Islands  in May.  I thought it was a bit too early, for the pandemic was then fiercely spreading through our state.  We came back healthy We then thought, why not a luxury cruise that will not cost all that much.  Today, I will be sharing with you this grand journey that will attempt to bypass spots of high COVID activity. But before doing that, I will just recap what we had on our previous schedule: We were all set to participate in the  World Uchinanchu Festival  on Okinawa, which opens at the end of October. Then we thought we'd stop over in Japan for a two-week Japan