 Freighter
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. Note: We've even
got an ebook on How to Get a Job on a Luxury Cruise Ship - another on Yachting
Careers - and a third on Living Aboard and Cruising under Power or Sail
- We don't yet have one on Freighter Travel, but if you know the
subject, we're interested in your article, or even an ebook on the subject
- We want your Freighter Travel Article or eBook - We're interested
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article tell us about it - EscapeArtist.com publishes up to eighty new
articles per month. In addition to articles, we publish Books, eBooks
and special reports. We are actively seeking articles, eBook manuscripts
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 Captain
McDonnell's Sea Stories : Stories About Freighters
- Recommended Website -- "After retiring as a Captain for Lykes Lines back
in 1995 I was encouraged to write down some of my sea stories by an internet
friend, Dick Ahren, also known as "freighterman" after creating a web site
he called "The Internet Guide to Freighter Travel". It was an informative
and useful source of information for prospective passengers who wished
to travel by freighters, or ships other than cruise and passenger ships.
Dick agreed to host my "Captain's Page" as part of his web site. However
in recent months this resource seems to no longer be available, at least
in its original form, so I have decided to do it on my own." |
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 Travel
By Freighter Continent to Continent On A Freighter
- 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. |
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 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. |
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 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. |
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 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?
- 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? |
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 The
Bahamas by Mailboat… -
Few people who visit the Bahamas ever hear of Potter’s Cay, though many
pass within a few yards of it each time that they are whisked off Paradise
Island in one of those ridiculous white stretch limos that are so popular
in Nassau. Where Paradise Island is fabricated Caribbean perfection — massive
casino, glitz and high-rise hotels — Potter’s Cay is its alter-ego, a shabby
looking area of working docks beneath the bridge. Potter’s Quay is the
main mail-boat dock that links the central Bahamian island of New Providence,
where the capital Nassau is situated, to all the Out Islands, the literally
hundreds of islands, ribbons of rock and sandbars spread over 100,000 square
miles of the spectacularly blue Bahamian sea. After Nassau it is a reminder
that real West Indian life does exist in the Bahamas after all. |
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 Related
Subject: 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. |
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 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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 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. |
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 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..... |
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 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. |
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 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. |
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 Maris
Freighter Cruises - Incorporating Freighter
Travel Club Int'l and Freighter & Specialty Cruises, Maris offers a
variety of voyages from coastal and island specialties to one-way ocean
crossings and around-the-world cruises. We promote these services through
our publications, as well as through direct contacts with both steamship
lines and you, our customers and club members. |
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 Get
a Job on a Luxury Cruise Ship! "Discover how you can Travel to
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Get Paid for it!" - “Now is the best time in history to get a job on a
cruise ship” - Get Paid to Travel the World Having the Best Time of Your
Life! - “It's almost the perfect job!”. |
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 Yachting
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a yachting job. • Who to talk to get it. • Where to stay while searching
for employment. • How to make ends meet until you find a job. • About and
how to deal with crew agencies. • Extremely effective means of obtaining
employment outside of agencies. • The ins and outs of interviewing. • The
pros and cons of working on a charter yacht versus a private yacht. • Crewing
as a couple. • Vital tips that will put you ahead of the pack. • Crucial
mistakes not to make and much, much more. |
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It is written for a select group of men and women interested in learning
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 Organic
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- Portable Farms For Caribbean Islands & Expat housing - Instead of
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 Own
A Restaurant in Paradise - Atlanta
restaurant brokers Eric and Robin Gagnon recently traveled to St. Maarten
to relax on the white sandy beaches and enjoy the ocean breezes. Ever watchful
of the restaurant industry, they were surprised at the number of U.S.,
Canadian, French and English natives they observed who had relocated to
this tropical island to serve up their own version of cheeseburgers in
paradise. |
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