One of these [link] sounds way cool, cruises on working freighters. You go to exotic ports and get to watch stuff actually happen. Some of the Middle Eastern ports you're not allowed to get off in, but I think it would be so, so cool to just sit and watch the ocean, then watch the port traffic.
Oh, I'm gonna go to the special hell.
Mal ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2007 8:05:31 am PDT #3921 of 10001
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tommyrot - Jun 20, 2007 8:07:11 am PDT #3922 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh yeah - I read about freighter cruises a few years back. Sounds really cool, but I got the impression most of the cruises would take a month or more.
Still, with enough planning maybe I could take a month off at some point....
eta: Looks like there's a number of cruises on freighters to Europe and back that take about a month. I suppose one could take the ship one-way and fly back.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 8:09:02 am PDT #3923 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think ocean-watching is where they lose me. Unless it's framed by land, not that interesting to me. I think that's why river cruises pique my interest more.
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2007 8:09:31 am PDT #3924 of 10001
brillig
I got the impression most of the cruises would take a month or more.
They've got a 77-day cruise that goes from New York, through the Med, through the Suez Canal, to the Arabian Coast, to India, and back.
Gosh.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2007 8:10:37 am PDT #3925 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
They've got a 77-day cruise
I wonder if the ships have internet access... You could make it a long, (mostly) working trip.
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2007 8:11:07 am PDT #3926 of 10001
brillig
You could make it a long, (mostly) working trip.
It's how Alex Haley wrote Roots.
§ ita § - Jun 20, 2007 8:12:06 am PDT #3927 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think this hot chocolate is steamed milk and Hershey's syrup. Teh nast.
I seem to recall there being a BMW purchase option where you fly to Europe to get your car, drive it to the port, and sail back with.
Kinda interesting.
Daisy Jane - Jun 20, 2007 8:14:19 am PDT #3928 of 10001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Travelocity has a link to that BMW option.
Sean K - Jun 20, 2007 8:16:15 am PDT #3929 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
From last night:
Thylacaleo
Thylacine.
These sound more like drug names, rather than marsupials.
Connie Neil - Jun 20, 2007 8:16:57 am PDT #3930 of 10001
brillig
From another page on the freighter cruise site
The Trinity House Vessel Patricia is a working ship offering passengers an opportunity to view the day-to-day activities she undertakes on her regular rounds of lighthouse, lightship and navigational buoy maintenat around the coasts of England, Wales and the Channel Islands.
Sigh. That would be pretty.