Thank you. I think I'll buy a longer white gold chain to make it easier to take off (over my head), and then wear it on the ship but not in port. We have been warned not to wear jewelry in Rio and the other Brazilian ports which is why I was concerned this trip. I normally leave all of my other good jewelry home when we travel and only take a few pairs of gold earrings and a gold wedding band, but I never thought about leaving my chai home before because I always wear it. My concern is more the fact that it is a "Jewish" necklace than the monitary value of it (It is in white gold with 13 diamonds) and truly symbolizes "life" to me. By the way Donna, my daughter bought a pair of "diamonique" hoop earrings from QVC and I was really surprised that except for being a tiny bit smaller in karat size, they are almost a match for my diamond ones. I wouldn't be able to tell that they weren't real. Maybe I'll borrow hers and take them along for formal nights! On our last cruise, we met a woman who when hearing we were from Boca Raton, asked where all my diamonds were! Speaking of being stereotyped!