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27th January 2007, 7:51pm
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#1 | | Registered User
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| Cargo Ship/Freighter Travel
Anyone ever travelled by cargo boat before, if so how was your experience?
I am thinking of travelling to Central/South America this summer, anyone interested?
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27th January 2007, 7:53pm
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#2 | | STEVE HOLT!
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| Re: Cargo ships
How long does that take? | |
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27th January 2007, 7:54pm
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#3 | | Fattly Drawn Boy SuperMod
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| Re: Cargo ships
I was going to say! It'll take weeks.
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27th January 2007, 7:56pm
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#4 | | Registered User
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| Re: Cargo ships
21 days to Buenos Airies, Argentina. But come on it will be a great experience. Give you a chance to write that novel you have always wanted to :P
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27th January 2007, 7:57pm
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#5 | | Oh Captain My Captain
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| Re: Cargo ships
Careful, if your cabin gets washed overboard, people can claim you as salvage. | |
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27th January 2007, 7:57pm
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#6 | | Freedom with no direction
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| Re: Cargo ships
i love central america, can't wait till i can afford to go back again.
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27th January 2007, 7:59pm
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#7 | | Fattly Drawn Boy SuperMod
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| Re: Cargo ships
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Originally Posted by PrincessGarnet  21 days to Buenos Airies, Argentina. But come on it will be a great experience. Give you a chance to write that novel you have always wanted to :P | Argentina is infested with feral anteaters at the minute. The government is advising only to go there on essential business.
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27th January 2007, 8:00pm
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#8 | | Registered User
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| Re: Cargo ships
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Originally Posted by Plus1 i love central america, can't wait till i can afford to go back again. | Which countries did you go to?
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27th January 2007, 8:02pm
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#9 | | Freedom with no direction
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| Re: Cargo ships
costa rica and panama
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27th January 2007, 8:44pm
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#10 | | The Oncoming Storm Editor
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| Re: Cargo ships
I would imagine that traveling via cargo vessel is immensely dodgy.
There's that whole thing about being in International Waters with a couple of hundred burly sailors that's just a bit too risky to be nice gay fantasy.
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27th January 2007, 9:21pm
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#11 | | Should Be Working
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It'd be my prefered method of overseas travel. UK - South America I'd want to go the long way round via the Panama Canal though 
Ermm, there's a good wee "timetable" book with a list of the companies sailing most routes, some sound better than others & I remember a German line suiting me for what I wanted.
I am incredibly jealous if you get around to it, cos I haven't yet. | |
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27th January 2007, 9:23pm
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#12 | | Fattly Drawn Boy SuperMod
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| Re: Cargo ships
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Originally Posted by Woolies It'd be my prefered method of overseas travel. UK - South America I'd want to go the long way round via the Panama Canal | Boring fact - if you travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the Panama canal you'd be, counterintuitively, travelling from west to east.
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27th January 2007, 10:02pm
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#13 | | Registered User
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| Re: Cargo ships
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Originally Posted by Hammer I would imagine that traveling via cargo vessel is immensely dodgy.
There's that whole thing about being in International Waters with a couple of hundred burly sailors that's just a bit too risky to be nice gay fantasy. | Well being a lone female, I'm sure I have nothing to worry about :P
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22nd April 2008, 10:10am
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#14 | | Registered User
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| Freighter travel
anyone done it before? what was your experience like? I'm thinking of going to Ghana on one next summer.
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22nd April 2008, 10:15am
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#15 | | Loa Of Death
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| Re: Freighter travel
I once made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs but that's about it really.
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