Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
It's supposed to be Urbs really but I'm not completely averse to expanding the scheme to friends and family. Sounds like your brother's ideal. You're already way ahead of most here. Fill yer boots.
So, where you gonna go when this is all over ?
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Nope
Why not out of interest? Do you just think fuck it, it’s a done deal and humans will go extinct?
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I think tackling global warming requires a holistic government response possibly worldwide rather than an individual one tbh. Slightly off topic but surely the reduction of flights during covid must have some impact?
to be cancelled out by the extra flights being taken once we're allowed out again, if this thread is anything to go by...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Would love to get to NZ by boat or train rather than by air
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Not quite good enough!
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Because it's absolutely pointless. Let other idiots self-flagellate and unilaterally impose austerity upon themselves for no benefit whatsoever.
Yossarian
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Freighter travel to NZ might be possible again at some point, if you don't mind weeks at sea with no Wi-Fi.
A cargo cruise may just be the cheapest way to travel the world
If you're a flexible traveller with a sense of adventure and a tight budget then this could be your dream trip.
www.stuff.co.nz
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
There've been a couple of threads about these over the years. If it's all you can afford then fair enough otherwise it seems like an enormous waste of time.Freighter travel to NZ might be possible again at some point, if you don't mind weeks at sea with no Wi-Fi.
.A cargo cruise may just be the cheapest way to travel the world
If you're a flexible traveller with a sense of adventure and a tight budget then this could be your dream trip.
Yossarian
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I can't think of many ways I'd rather be using my time right now than sitting on the deck of a massive freighter, sipping a gin and tonic, reading a book, and watching the endless ocean go by.
LDC
On est tous des pangolins
Hoping for a week at the end of March where I can go to Bristol, London, and Scotland to see folks, although as it gets closer I'm less optimistic that this will be possible. A week away in the summer somewhere in the UK would be nice, maybe Cornwall or North Wales. Beyond that, trips to France and Berlin would be great, maybe 3 weeks this time next year for a proper trip abroad, beach holiday in Thailand or a overdue trip to NZ to see friends.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
My grandfather did it in his 70sFreighter travel to NZ might be possible again at some point, if you don't mind weeks at sea with no Wi-Fi.
.A cargo cruise may just be the cheapest way to travel the world
If you're a flexible traveller with a sense of adventure and a tight budget then this could be your dream trip.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
not a waste of time if you have time
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
I was thinking of doing some bikepacking in Slovenia but now I feel like ditching the job and cycling across Europe
(I heard some advert for a Saga cruise on the radio....can you think of anything worse? whole ship struck with some Covid variant and quarantined in some port never to return.....)
(I heard some advert for a Saga cruise on the radio....can you think of anything worse? whole ship struck with some Covid variant and quarantined in some port never to return.....)
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Well yes, each to their own, but I can’t imagine not being able to find a better way of spending 40 days than being sat on a container ship.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I once worked with a plumber who did the £10 trip to Australia, he did it in the early 70s as I recall as well.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
40 days with no phone calls, work, emails, internet, screaming kids etc? Just endless horizon, night skies, books to read, music to listen to?
Yeah, sounds awful.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
You could spend an interesting 6 mths doing Singapore to Darwin by land and ferry. Travelling across Indonesia is super time consuming but in a good way.
Back of a fag packet calculations suggest it's much more expensive than flying anyway.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Fabulous for a couple of days, probably bearable for a week but 40 fucking days? I'd be over the edge swimming for shore at the first sight of land.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
No, he did it in HIS 70s. He made the trip in the mid 80s
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
40 days of reading and watching films and seagazing - lovely
Yossarian
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I think it'd be great as long as I didn't have to go into hotel quarantine for weeks after arriving.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
At least you can get off a train if it all goes tits-up. This container ship stuff sounds like something for those people who sit alone in the corner of a pub talking to themselves.
bimble
floofy
One of the few bits of really good news from the past year is this, btw.
www.dhakatribune.com
India's railways reintroduce tea in clay cups in a bid to banish plastics
Plastic cups to be replaced in a bid to reduce environmental pollution
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Yes, as a method from getting from A to B they don't make much sense whichever way you look at it. I suppose if you consider being incarcerated on a tanker for 40 days to be a holiday, then 2 grand for full board and lodging isn't too bad. It's hardly cheap though.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Trans Siberian you can see forests, day after day of endless forest. Still, vodka and that.
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