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Travel - - The ambiance is different, the pace is relaxed. You're
not surrounded by jitterbug tourists, you're meeting interesting people
in an informal setting. You're destinations are not on the itinerary of
the standard cruise ships. You are taking a trip and a vacation that is
as unique and memorable as any that it is possible to take. Traveling by
freighter is not for the ordinary. The ordinary is simply that...
ordinary. Traveling by freighter recalls the world of Graham Greene,
Paul Bowles and Joseph Conrad. It's almost decadent in the pleasure it
provides. It's damn exotic ...do it. |
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Travel
By Freighter Continent to Continent On Freighter ~ By Chuck Bennett
- One way to travel around the world, especially if you are afraid of planes,
would be by catching a ride on a freighter ship. The above article talks
with some people who have traveled around the world without leaving the
water or ground.
Freighter Travel - Freighter
Travel - Philadelphia to Sydney, Australia - 40 Days and 40 Nights Aboard
The Melbourne Star - There are four container ships employed in
the Blue Star service from the U.S. east coast to New Zealand and Australia.
The round trip itinerary normally embarks at Savannah with the voyage ending
in Philadelphia upon the return. Early embarkation at Philadelphia or Norfolk
and late disembarkation at Norfolk, Savannah or Houston can often be arranged-space
permitting-for moderate additional fare.
Related:
Wandering the European Canals & Rivers - Wandering
the European Canals & Rivers
- We eventually approached Paris from the west and made our way
up the River Seine past the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, under countless
bridges, amidst heavy barge traffic to the marina at the Bastille. The
trip from Amsterdam to Paris had taken us just under 7 weeks of leisure
travel. The Bastille marina has a convenient location in the heart of Paris
and costs about $US28/day. After a two week stay in Paris, my daughter
& girlfriend left for the States. I continued on south for more than
another month finally arriving the end of Sept. at a marina in the village
of St. Jean de Losne, just south of Dijon.
Related:
Wandering the Canals & Rivers of Europe - Wandering
the Canals & Rivers of Europe
- I flew into Paris from Seattle by way of Toronto on an Air Canada
flight. Not only did Air Canada have the cheapest fare but they allowed
me to bring my bicycle as part of my baggage allowance at no additional
cost. It was quite a struggle lugging my bags and the bicycle from
the airport into downtown Paris to catch the metro and then the train for
my trip to Dijon. From Dijon I had to catch a commuter train for a 40 min
ride to the village of St. Jean de Losne, located at the confluence of
the River Saone and the Bourgogne canal, where I had left the boat in a
marina for the winter.
Related:
Line Handling on the Panama Canal - Line
Handling on the Panama Canal
- Cruising yachts and pleasure craft are crossing the Isthmus of
the Americas in record numbers. The Autoridad del Canal de Panama
requires four line handlers per vessel up to 80 feet in overall length.
You can be one of those line handlers, go from one ocean to another in
twelve hours, see the Panama Canal like few people do and make easy money
doing it.Vessels that transit the Panama Canal are always headed to another
port-of-call. On the Pacific side, there is the Galapagos ... |
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And Now for
Something Completely Different... Freedom Ship - The World’s Biggest
Ship—The World’s Newest Tax Haven? - And
Now for Something Completely Different... Freedom Ship - The World’s
Biggest Ship—The World’s Newest Tax Haven? - Mark Nestmann analyzes
Freedom Ship's potential as a tax haven. Freedom Ship International, Inc.
(FSI ) plans to offer the opportunity for an unprecedented lifestyle by
constructing a sea-based, mobile, full-spectrum residential, commercial,
and resort community on a mammoth, mobile, sea platform. The community
will travel the entire globe over a two-year cycle, never leaving international
waters. It will spend only 30% of its time in transit and the other 70%
standing offshore points of interest. A fleet of aircraft and watercraft
will ferry people from ship-to-shore, around-the-clock, residents for touring
and business, and as many as 30,000 onshore guests and visitors daily.
What is it's potential as a tax haven?
Freedom
Ship City - Freedom Ship City-
A city that floats around the world and allows freedom from restrictive
government. It sounds amazing, perhaps improbable, but it also sounds exciting.
It may happen some day and some day may be tomorrow. We think is a great
concept and we hope they succeed. As they say in their literature. " If
you are looking for the ideal place to live, work, retire, or vacation,
or run a business you will be interested in the Freedom community."
Related
Subject: Global Nomadic Housing For Expatriates - Global
Nomadic Housing For Expatriates - Global Nomadic Housing for
expats? Why not? Design your living space & workshop and
take it with you... Maverick designer Colin Reedy tells us
how. In this the second part of this innovative concept Colin provides
drawings of what a shipping container can be turned into. The finished
product is amazing! You can use this concept to turn a shipping container
into a portable dwelling that you can cheaply ship anywhere in the world.
It's sort of like global backpacking with your own house. Colin provides
details on how to build one yourself.
Related
Subject: Global Nomadic Housing For Expatriates ~ Part One -
Global
Nomadic Housing For Expatriates ~ Part One- Global Nomadic Housing
for expats? Why not? Design your living space & workshop
and take it with you... Maverick designer Colin Reedy tells
us how. "I felt like I had enough information to start designing.
I searched for examples of prior efforts to modify shipping containers
for housing. The companies that sold the containers sometimes
made modifications like windows or doors for the contractors to use at
construction sites, but nothing interesting. I found images
from Hong Kong where people were living in containers set on huge metal
frames in an apartment-like arrangement. Not much had been
done to the containers except stairway access. The best examples
I found were not for shipping containers, but from mid-century efforts
at modular housing or “utopian” mass housing."
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Freighter
Travel Resources
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A la Carte
Freighter Travel - A la
Carte Freighter Travel - The choices now available in freighter
travel are as vast as the oceans and waterways served by these ships.
Included on the menu are a large selection of different vessel types traveling
to any number of exciting destinations in every part of the world - and
at fares to fit any budget.
TravLtips
- Freighter Cruise & Travel - TravLtips
- Freighter Cruise & Travel - Freighter Travel is our specialty...Roam
the World by Freighter.....Explore exotic destinations on Expedition ships.....Meander
the Canals of Europe by Barge.....Steamboat on America's Rivers.....
Freighter
Travel News - Freighter Travel
News - Our primary function is to publish our official monthly
newsletter, the Freighter Travel News. This 8-page publication is full
of first-hand stories about freighter traveling, i.e., costs, shipboard
life, tips on where to go while in port, what to do while there. We also
furnish timely news updates, book reviews, and comments/questions from
members about this most fascinating means of travel. Included as an integral
part of our newsletter is top quality advertising pertinent to the freighter
travel field, including several travel agencies specializing in booking
freighter voyages.
Freighter
Travel (NZ) Ltd. - Freighter
Travel (NZ) Ltd. - Freighter Travel (NZ) Ltd. is here to advise
you on all aspects of cargo travel and to assist you in planning a trip
to remember.
Freighter
World Cruises - Freighter
World Cruises - Freighter World Cruises (FWC) was initiated in 1975
and is a travel agency that specializes in placing passengers on freighter
ships. Travel by freighter has been both a method of transportation as
well as cruising for nearly a century, and in the past two decades has
become an increasingly popular option for ocean travel as more cabin space
has been made available by the shipping lines.
 Internet
Guide to Freighter Travel - Internet
Guide to Freighter Travel - These pages were created to provide
as much information as possible to those interested in this truly unique
experience. I suspect that most of you have never seen a freighter up close,
let alone sailed on one. - - This website has a wide range of resources
on freighter travel, great photos, good advice, the
shipping companies, and a great deal more.
Maris Freighter
Cruises - Maris Freighter
Cruises - The pace is relaxed. The mood is informal. And the
destinations are some of the most exotic and historic on earth. Cruising
by freighter is always a unique experience!.
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The Cruise
People Ltd - The
Cruise People Ltd - Specializing in sea travel since 1972 in North
America and since 1992 in Europe. - Traditional Cruising - Expedition Voyages
to the Ends of the Earth - Freighter Cruises Worldwide - Transatlantic
Sailings - Also tall ships, banana boats, icebreakers, small ships, river
cruises, coastal voyages and resort ships.
The Cruise
People, Ltd. - The Cruise
People, Ltd. - Travel in a freighter? Absolutely! If you
are flexible, then traveling by passenger freighter can be one of life's
great adventures.
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Directories
of Freighter Travel
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Freighter Travel
Club of America - Freighter
Travel Club of America - Devoted to ocean-going freighter travel.
Bringing you news and members' stories since 1958. And since 2002 jointly
with Maris Freighter Cruises, also assisting you in planning your voyages. |
