I read about traveling on a freighter for the first time a month or so ago, I'm quite taken with the idea of spending weeks or months on a small ship with a few people, just us and the open sea, pulling into smelly exotic ports and generally having a nice long adventure. Its not all that expensive, you get a nice cabin and your meals and so forth. There's a steward to make your bed, the cook makes your food- its not luxury but its not exactly roughing it either. Ive been reading a lot of online blogs and articles about it, but I thought I'd ask if any Tpunks have experience with it. Would you do it? Would you do it again? Tips for finding a good price? Is this some mad hatter idea? Or awesomeness? I really like the whole journey as the destination idea. And the thought of lying on the deck, in the middle of the pacific in the middle of the night, gazing at a perfect clear sky full of stars above... Sighting flying fish/whatevs during the day... Writing endlessly... I'm very adept at keeping myself entertained, no fear of boredom.
I'd probably take something out of the houston area that called in ports in central/south america, the south pacific, perhaps asia, and probably oz. Im not too keen on the mediterranean/europe/round the cape routes.
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